Nikola Tesla

​Nikola Motors is a relative unknown in the motoring world, ​but that hasn't stopped it from making some seriously audacious promises. Now, as we edge closer to actual production, the full specification of the Zero UTV is starting to become clear.

Nikola Trucks optimistic plans to bring a hybrid electric semi to market have taken a twist, with the proposed range-extended electric power now to be replaced by a hydrogen fuel-cell powertrain.

The Exhale fan from Nik Hiner and Richard Halsall is a bladeless ceiling fan that looks very different from traditional ceiling fans, and works differently too.

A California team is building the world's largest Tesla coils to help with lightning research.

The Steampunk Plasma Speaker uses high-frequency electrical discharges to play back music.

New research indicates that it may be possible to harness electricity from the air.

Hands-on test of the WildCharge wireless charging solution.

In this 10-minute video, Eric Giler powers a TV and charges three different mobile phones using wireless electricity transmission at 2009's TEDGlobal. Wireless power seems to be very close to becoming a commercial reality.

At this year's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, half a dozen companies are demonstrating wireless power products that will be on sale as early as April this year to recharge your laptop, iPhone or power tools.

Drawing on significant 2007 work by MIT, Intel researchers are hoping to "cut the final cord" and do away with power cords using wireless electricity transmission pioneered by Nikolas Tesla more than 100 years ago.

June 8, 2007 This has to be one of the most 'futuristic' developments we've seen in some time; a new U.S. patent has been awarded to a company that has plans fo