Build Your Own Electric Vehicle - Softcover

Brant, Bob

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0830642315 ISBN 13: 9780830642311

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education TAB, 1993

Synopsis

Electric vehicles have many advantages over their gas-powered counterparts. They are ecologically sound, much cheaper to operate and require almost no routine maintenance. But they can also cost twice as much just to drive off the showroom floor. Ambitious do-it-yourselvers, however, can enjoy the clean-running convenience of an electric car for half the price of the most affordable Chevrolet or Toyota. This money-saving guide explains step by step how to build an inexpensive EV from a kit or from an existing internal combustion engine chassis. It begins with a look at the history of electric vehicles, from vintage tyrn-of-the-century Baker Electric automobiles to current international advances in EV technology, and a look ahead at the future of EV development. Then, Bob Brant embarks on a chapter-by-chapter building-block description of each EV component: motor, drive train, controllers, power supplies, chargers and chassis. Final chapters pull it all together with clear instructions for assembling an electric car from scratch or kit, with advice on where to find low-cost EV supplies and systems.

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• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education TAB
• Publication date: 1993
• ISBN 10: 0830642315
• ISBN 13: 9780830642311
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 320