Open Tesla Research (teslaresearch.jimdofree.com)

Investigator (STEP I), run 2026-10-08. Saved page text (evidence trail, not for publication) is in research/pages/. Findings are leads, not verdicts.

Searched

Google: "Derek Ahlers" Tesla "Savo" Pierce Arrow
Fetched: /myths-and-controversial-topics/myths-urban-legends-and-wrong-information/tesla-s-electric-car-and-his-supposed-nephew-petar-savo/

The site's characterization: "In light of the fact that Tesla did not have a nephew by the name of Peter Savo, the Tesla electric car story is considered to be a fabrication" (copied from Wikipedia "Nikola Tesla electric car hoax"). Also: "Every account of this purported demonstration auto is based upon a story supposedly told to a 'Derek Ahlers,' plus what appears to be literary embellishment." It gives the receiver as "about 25 inches long" (the TFC text has 24 in).
It quotes Tesla (Century Magazine via Anderson, Guided Weapons & Computer Technology, pp.227-229): "in my laboratory at 35 South Fifth Avenue ... After the destruction of my laboratory by fire in '95 ... my new laboratory at 46 Houston Street where I made more striking demonstrations, in many instances actually transmitting the whole motive energy to the devices instead of simply controlling the same from a distance."
It links a Swiss Tesla Society PDF (http://www.teslasociety.ch/info/doc/Teslacar.pdf). The download was truncated and unreadable, so the file was deleted; retry next run.

Claim 2: this is the sceptical position on the car, stated as that site's characterization. Its premise ("no nephew named Peter Savo") is itself a genealogy question (see genealogy note).
Tesla's own words "transmitting the whole motive energy to the devices" (1896 onward) are Tesla's claim of wireless motive power to small devices. That is relevant context for a wireless-powered car.
The book's laboratory address "40 West Houston Street" differs from Tesla's own "46 Houston Street".