Ive been fascinated by Tesla for a long time, but it seems theres lots of conflicting info, ro the point where its hard to know whats true.

The other day, radio station DJ said Tesla invented the induction motor,

And i said to my wife, “thats false”, and she asked how do i know,

And i said because Michael Faraday invented the induction motor

But i figured id better fact-check myself, and wow what a rabbit hole

it just seems everything “i thought” i knew about Tesla is bullshit

I thought Tesla invented 3-phase electricity, but nope, it was some Italian guy we have never heard of, for some reason…

But he invented both the Y and Delta configurations! This is f’ing HUGE!

The Italian you’re thinking of is Galileo Ferraris.

Ferraris was the Italian physicist who independently discovered and developed the rotating magnetic field, and he was one of the key originators of the three-phase AC system. His work directly enabled three-phase motors and the whole concept of polyphase power.

If you’re also remembering the person who formalized and industrialized wye (Y) and delta (Δ) connections, that was Mikhail Dolivo-Dobrovolsky — but he was Russian-German, not Italian.

So the Italian inventor associated with three-phase AC is:

Galileo Ferraris.

I keep hoping someone will finally figure how he drove an electric car without batteries or a cord. [THEY] had to "cancel" him before cancelling was even a thing after he let it be known that energy would be limitless and practically free. That being said... the man had some serious neurosis late in life. Circling a building 3 times before entering... fell in love with a pigeon. Trump's uncle was the last person known to have seen what was in the trunks they confiscated from that hotel he lived in upon his demise. Thus the rise of the "time traveling Trump" ... rumored to go by the name "Titor".