[evolved_rage]

I'm not sure what your saying. Does your experience lend support or cast a shadow of disapproval on the article? 80 HP at 1800 rpm from a 12volt battery and the ether does not pass my sniff test, but you know more than I the magnitude of the exaggeration.

Your opininion is highly welcome.

[AntiBurr]

I haven't found any explanation for "ether" but can't totally discount what Tesla was doing either. 80 hp from a 12 volt battery would only take a few seconds to discahrge any battery I ever ran across.
Also the guy had an error in that Edison was a DC man and it was George Westinghouse who backed the AC. AC is far more practical in power distribuition since the Edison system needed boost generators about every 8 miles. It was Westinghouse who built the first Electric Chair and Willie Baumer was its first victim.