Nikola Tesla originally expected to live to 150 years, but later changed this estimate to 135 years after he gave up alcohol due to prohibition. He regularly charged his body to high voltages to help aid longevity. He died in 1943 at age 86.

Elon Musk: "I'm obviously a big fan of Nikola Tesla, since we named the company after him. But I also like Edison. Some people don’t like Edison, but I think he did some pretty impressive stuff. General Electric is basically Edison's company. I certainly admire great scientists and engineers… but I like anyone - Ben Franklin, Shakespeare, Newton, Einstein."

U.S. PRESIDENT TRUMP SAYS HIS UNCLE, DR. JOHN TRUMP, WAS 'COMMISSIONED BY THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT TO DO A REPORT ON NIKOLA TESLA' TO DETERMINE 'WAS HE REAL OR NOT REAL? WAS HE A TRUE GENIUS OR NOT?', SAYING HIS UNCLE DETERMINED TESLA 'WAS A TRUE AND GREAT GENIUS', JOKING THAT 'IF I DID THE REPORT, ELON, I MIGHT SAY HE WASN'T THAT GOOD'.

“We are whirling through endless space with inconceivable speed, all around us everything is spinning, everything is moving, everywhere is energy. There must be some way of availing ourselves of this energy more directly." ~ Nikola Tesla

🚨 President Trump on Tesla: “Elon created Tesla, the first successful new car manufacturer in over 75 years, producing the first commercially viable electric cars with the first consumer self-driving technology. And interestingly, when you mentioned Tesla, my uncle, Dr. John Trump, was commissioned by the United States government to do a report on Nikola Tesla. They wanted to know: was he real or not real? Was he a true genius or not? My uncle, after a fairly short period of time, determined that he was a true and great genius and that he was real in every single way. Otherwise, you'd have to change the name of the car company. You wouldn't want to be a... See, now, if I did the report, Elon, I might say, “He wasn't that good.” But my uncle was a different kind of a person than I am. And he gave Tesla the highest report. He said he was a true, great genius. So, very nice.”