How to Use tesla in a Sentence

tesla

noun
  • Described in a letter to the journal Nature, the magnet reaches the strength of 45.5 teslas.
    David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 19 June 2019
  • The field measured out to 1,200 teslas, a unit of magnetic measurement.
    David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 27 Sep. 2018
  • Tesla estimates that fill-ups for a trip from California to New York would cost around $120.
    Marco Della Cava, USA TODAY, 24 Apr. 2017
  • Tesla faces competition not just from pure all-electrics, but from hybrids.
    Kirsten Korosec, Fortune, 5 July 2017
  • The National MagLab has the world’s strongest hybrid magnet which reaches 45 tesla.
    Gary Fineout, The Seattle Times, 22 Aug. 2017
  • The chemistry can be volatile, and several early Teslas caught fire before the company built a titanium shield under the vehicle to guard against fire or damage.
    Matt Richtel, New York Times, 24 July 2016
  • Tesla records also show that 75 percent of the ambulance trips were unrelated to work injuries, for example, an illness or another pre-existing condition.
    Louis Hansen, The Mercury News, 18 May 2017
  • Final adjusted numbers for my tesla power roof estimate.
    Louis Hansen, The Mercury News, 10 May 2017

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