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Build Your Own Electric Vehicle | 
 enlarge | Author: Bob Brant
Publisher: McGraw-Hill/TAB Electronics
Category: Book
Buy New: $60.00
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Avg. Customer Rating:  28 reviews
Sales Rank: 114479
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 310
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 7.3 x 0.6
ISBN: 0830642315
Dewey Decimal Number: 629.2502
EAN: 9780830642311
ASIN: 0830642315
Publication Date: September 1, 1993
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Book Description
Electric vehicles have many advantages over their gas-powered counterparts. They're ecologically sound, much cheaper to operate, and require almost no routine maintenance. Drivers can enjoy the clean-running convenience and economy of an electric vehicle for as much as it costs to buy a new car. This illustrated guide explains step by step how to build an inexpensive EV from a kit or convert an existing internal combustion engine. Build Your Own Electric Car begins with an informative history of electric vehicles, current international advances in EV technology, and a look ahead at the future of EV development. Then, author Bob Brant gives a building-block description of each EV component-motor, drive train, controllers, power supplies, chargers, and chassis-and how to put them all together to make a working vehicle. He also gives valuable advice on where to find affordable EV components and systems, how to get the most out of EV driving and ownership, and how to make the best buy, build, and conversion tradeoffs.
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A must for the EV conversion project! August 8, 2008
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 and economic turmoil are right on. The Books prime function is as an excellent technical reference on the "how to" of EV conversions. This book goes into great detail about chassis selection, energy calculations, motor and component selection, range and speed expectations, and gives many examples, tips and techniques to use in building an EV.
This book also goes through from beginning to end a conversion of an auto conversion (a light pick up truck) from internal combustion engine powered to plug in electric powered. It is impressively simple to do and this book shows you just what to do. It also provides a great amount of contact information for parts suppliers and businesses already engaged in the conversion market place.
So if your sick of paying high fuel prices, want to do something personnally to reduce the effects of human impact on the environment, or are an engineering weenie who wants a fun and cool project to obsess over then pick up this book and start today!
Have Fun and Good Luck!
David Fink "Shade Tree Mechanic"
My first EV conversion project (1992 Mazda MX-3)
 Build Your Own Electric Vehicle - EXCELLENT! August 5, 2008
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.
 Outdated, but decent basic information - OK place to start July 28, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
A 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.
Great resource for DIY electric car designers July 28, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I'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.
Very helpful! July 22, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I read the book because I was interested in converting a car. At times, it became waaay more technical than I bargained for. But it gave me the confidence to go ahead with my project.
I later learned that what I wanted to build was going to be so expensive, that I would not be able to afford it. This led me to see the book on a different light. For example, I would have liked it to be more specific info on the ranges and speeds one could get with a certain system. I did not find that... maybe I skipped it when I blew off the extremely technical info.
But other than that I thought the book was AWESOME. I would not recommend anyone to start a project like this without first talking to people who have done it already. (That is how I found out that I was being too ambitious).
I have not converted a car yet, since I decided to wait until batteries get better so I can get the range and speeds I need. But when the time comes, I going to pick up this book again. This puppy is NOT going to the used-book bookstore.
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