Tesla Store in Boulder

Nikola Tesla, one of Colorado's famous residents, always believed that the gasoline engine made no sense. Tesla Motor's original business plan had a copy of a letter from Nikola Tesla from the late 19th Century talking about the challenges inherent in gasoline engines, and the promise of the electric engine. But for a few twists of fate the gasoline engine we know today might have just been a small footnote in history.

Nikola Tesla spent one of his most productive years in Colorado Springs. While in Colorado, Tesla proved that earth was a conductor of electricity, he produced artificial lightning with discharges consisting of millions of volts, and up to 135 feet long (based on his famous Tesla Coil), and performed long distance power transmission experiments which lit up banks of lights around Colorado Springs. That was an exciting time in the evolution of electricity to live in Colorado, and 100 years later things are heating up again.

This week Tesla Motors will announce the opening its Gallery in Boulder, Colorado. The store will open with a cocktail reception on October 23 for interested buyers of the Tesla Roadster, the world's first production electric sports car.