Are taxpayers eventually in for another bill from Electric carmaker Tesla Motor (NASDAQ:TSLA)?

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Tesla's Model S was named Motor Trend's Car of the Year, and after receiving the award Tesla CEO Elon Musk revealed that an electric pickup truck might be in the company's future.

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While Tesla can count Daimler, Toyota Motor and Panasonic among its investors, others are betting against the company.

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Nikola Tesla's invention of the electric induction motor in 1883 only strengthened AC's industrial dominance, since the motors ran only on AC.

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Nikola Tesla's invention of the electric induction motor in 1883 only strengthened AC's industrial dominance, since the motors could run only on AC.

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With more than 700 patents to his name, Tesla invented radio, the coil transformer, wireless communication, fluorescent lights and the alternating-current motor, which allowed electricity to flow over long distances.

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