Now that the new 911 GT3 RS is official, we can鈥檛 help but dive into Porsche鈥檚 online configurator to create the 9,000 RPM street/track monster of our dreams. The supercar technically won鈥檛 be launched until April, but the order banks are open right now with a base price in the U.S. 188,550 after delivery and processing charges. As is so often the case with Porsche, however, the price quickly skyrockets once options are included. Since money is no object for this exercise of blissful automotive excess, behold our fully equipped 911 GT3 RS in all its green, carbon-fibered glory. 4,220 to the price. You can see all available colors in the gallery below, but if you need to stay on a strict budget, the only zero-dollar choices are Black, White, Racing Yellow, and Guards Red. 1,390 to make it happen. Our exterior outfitting continues with a bevy of paint and carbon fiber trim upgrades.
18,000 to the price. For that figure we get lots of carbon fiber on the outside including the roof, front lid, rear wing, and mirror housings. We also get carbon fiber anti-roll bars and end links for the chassis, and some carbon fiber trim along with other trim updates for the interior. 1,720, and to make sure the climate control matched the vents we opted for that to be painted as well. 870, it seemed like a bargain. Performance wise there isn鈥檛 much the GT3 RS can add over its already amazing base equipment. 9,210 ceramic brake upgrade seems like it should be part of the RS base package. 3,490 front axle lift system rounds out the option list. With everything totaled up, we managed to add the equivalent of a 707-horsepower Dodge Challenger Hellcat to the Porsche鈥檚 base price. 253,240. We so need to start saving money. A lot of money.
In the late 19th century, Tesla patented the Tesla coil, which laid the foundation for wireless technologies and is still used in radio technology today. The heart of an electrical circuit, the Tesla coil is an inductor used in many early radio transmission antennas. The coil works with a capacitor to resonate current and voltage from a power source across the circuit. Tesla himself used his coil to study fluorescence, x-rays, radio, wireless power and electromagnetism in the earth and its atmosphere. In 2003, a group of engineers founded Tesla Motors, a car company named after Nikola Tesla dedicated to building the first fully electric-powered car. 30 million to Tesla in 2004 and serves as the company鈥檚 co-founder CEO. In 2008, Tesla unveiled its first electric car, the Roadster. A high-performance sports vehicle, the Roadster helped changed the perception of what electric cars could be. In 2014, Tesla launched the Model S, a lower-priced model that, in 2017, set the Motor Trend world record for 0 to 60 miles per hour acceleration at 2.28 seconds. Tesla鈥檚 designs showed that an electric car could have the same performance as gasoline-powered sports car brands like Porsche and Lamborghini.
Where Was Nikola Tesla Born? Nikola Tesla was one of five children, including siblings Dane, Angelina, Milka and Marica. Tesla's interest in electrical invention was spurred by his mother, Djuka Mandic, who invented small household appliances in her spare time while her son was growing up. Tesla's father, Milutin Tesla, was a Serbian orthodox priest and a writer, and he pushed for his son to join the priesthood. But Nikola's interests lay squarely in the sciences. It was while in Budapest that the idea for the induction motor first came to Tesla, but after several years of trying to gain interest in his invention, at age 28 Tesla decided to leave Europe for America. Edison hired Tesla, and the two men were soon working tirelessly alongside each other, making improvements to Edison's inventions. In 1885, Tesla received funding for the Tesla Electric Light Company and was tasked by his investors to develop improved arc lighting. After successfully doing so, however, Tesla was forced out of the venture and for a time had to work as a manual laborer in order to survive.