The Electric Vehicle Conversion Handbook provides all of the necessary background, knowledge and how-to steps to convert gasoline vehicles to electric vehicles, including cars, trucks, motorcycles, and bicycles.
Electric Vehicle Conversion How-to Book
In this new book, Mark Warner, Professional Engineer and a member of the Society of Automotive Engineers, describes the process of converting a conventional internal combustion engine-powered car or truck into an electric vehicle, or EV for short.WHAT DOES OWNING AN EV MEAN? It means NEVER having to pump gasoline into your vehicle's gas tank again!
Electric vehicles offer many benefits, including:
- They are cheaper to operate
- They help decrease dependency on foreign oil
- They provide a tax incentive
Does that sound like good reasons to convert your car or truck to run on electricity?
If it does, then this is the book to read! The Electric Vehicle Conversion Handbook allows anyone with basic mechanical skills, to build their own EV for a modest amount of money and effort.
Subject: Transportation: Automobiles: Trucks: Motorcycles: Electric Vehicle (EV) Conversion Guide. ISBN-10: 1557885680 | ISBN-13: 9781557885685 | HPBooks 1568
TABLE of CONTENTS:
- Getting Started
- What is an Electric Vehicle?
- Is an EV Right for You?
- The EV Conversion Process
- Conversion Components
- Electric Motors
- Motor Controllers
- Batteries
- Battery Chargers
- Wires, Switches and Tools
- Accessories
- Instrumentation PROJECT VEHICLES
- Mountain Bike
- Motorcycle
- Bugeye Sprite
- Porsche 914
- Ford Ranger
- Saturn
- BMW Sedan
- VW Van
- BMW Roadster APPENDICES
- Electricity
- Torque, Work, Energy and Power
- Licensing and Registering Your EV
- EV Safety
