Who Invented Alternating Current

Who Invented Alternating Current

Who is the real inventor of alternating-current?

Nikola Tesla
Serbian-American engineer and physicist Nikola Tesla (1856-1943) made dozens of breakthroughs in the production, transmission and application of electric power. He invented the first alternating current (AC) motor and developed AC generation and transmission technology.

Who invented AC and DC current?

Starting in the late 1880s, Thomas Edison and Nikola Tesla were embroiled in a battle now known as the War of the Currents. Edison developed direct current — current that runs continually in a single direction, like in a battery or a fuel cell.
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