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Originally Posted by Max
Seems to me about difficault he made everything as stand-alone in the car... including a supposed working ionosphere harvesting device... all in that car.
I cannot say anything for sure about... but I think the idea of remote powering of the car is far more realistic than having all stuff onboard, also considering space required at that time for electric/electronic devices... huge stuff... and much weight that sum to the car's own weight.
I think he wanna just demonstrate to the world the potential of remote powering with that car... no fuel required, no smoke/exausts produced, no noise, no complex carburetors/supply system etc just the car will tap at the air... getting power from rf.
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I doubt this is true. Tesla did not build any power transmitting towers at that time, nor did anyone else. It was not possible to build such a tower without alerting someone that there is a new tower that is sending out power. This was also at a time when Tesla did not have a laboratory to conduct his experiments. He spent most of his time in his modest apartment.
Secondly, none of Tesla's power transmitters sent power through the air using RF. They sent power through the ground at sub-RF frequencies, and used receiving equipment that received the transmitted power from the ground. If the car had a receiver to collect power from a transmission station, then the car would need to have a grounding rod buried in the ground in order to receive this power. But the car is rolling on rubber wheels, and cannot be connected to a grounding rod. So this circuit could not possibly completed to the car when it was moving. Read his patents and you will see the power cannot be received without at least one grounding rod driven a minimum of a few feet into the ground, preferably at least 20 feet deep.
Maybe better to look to the concept of drawing power from the ionosphere as Tesla described.
Best wishes,
J_P