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Books : Build Your Own Electric VehicleIn association with Amazon.comby: Bob Brant  Dewey Decimal Number: 629.2502 EAN: 9780830642311 ISBN: 0830642315 Label: McGraw-Hill/TAB Electronics Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill/TAB Electronics Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 310 Publication Date: September 01, 1993 Publisher: McGraw-Hill/TAB Electronics Studio: McGraw-Hill/TAB Electronics Sales Rank: 186928 Related Items:
Editorial Review: Product Description: Commercially sold electric cars have many advantages over their gas-powered counterparts. They're ecologically sound, much cheaper to operate, and require almost no routine maintenance. Now comes a step-by-step, illustrated guide to building a low-cost electric vehicle from scratch or kit--with full coverage of the latest components and where to purchase them. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Build Your Own CrusadeThe beginning of the book is "off target." It begins with politics and hyperbole: through the end of chapter 3 can be skipped without loosing context (chapter 3 may be of interest to history buffs). Chapter 4 and 5 can be skimmed -- 4 for its tables and pictures of conversions and 5 to get an idea of available sources. Chapters 6-10 provide a significant amount of conversion information: the reader will want to concentrate on these chapters. The last 2 chapters provide some areas of concern that ... Read More Rating: - A must for the EV conversion project!I am using this book as a research and knowledge base for my pending Plug In Electric Vehicle (EV)project. I am converting a 1992 Mazda MX-3 to a plug in fully electric auto. This book is the best place to begin, it conceptualizes the whole environment surrounding the need for conversions providing historical back ground, economic understanding, and environmental impact information. Although the book was published in the early 90's it's predictions of the future for energy dependance ... Read More Rating:  - Build Your Own Electric Vehicle - EXCELLENT!A good review of history of the electric car, best vehicles to convert, lists of sources for kits and parts, diagrams of how to do it, etc. Highly recommended. Rating: - Outdated, but decent basic information - OK place to startA good place to start if you prefer to look at paper vs. the computer screen. Much more & better info available on the internet. Does cover the basics - what exactly is involved in a conversion, batteries, controller, charger, motor & the "extras" - main contactor etc. Others complained about too much math, but I found it was too basic to make any engineering decisions or judgments. Rating: - Great resource for DIY electric car designersI've read several books on Electric Vehicles and this is, by far, the definitive resource for the DIY Electric Vehicle designer. It provides details and pictures on every topic necessary to design and build an electric vehicle from an existing gas vehicle. Browse for similar items by category:
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