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Label : McGraw-Hill Professional
Languages :
English,English,English,
Manufacturer : McGraw-Hill Professional

Product Description:

Go Green-Go Electric!. Faster, Cheaper, More Reliable . While Saving Energy and the Environment

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This new, updated edition of Build Your Own Electric Vehicle contains everything that made the first edition so popular while adding all the technological advances and new parts that are readily available on the market today. . .

Build Your Own Electric Vehicle gets on the expressway to a green, ecologically sound, cost-effective way that even can look cool, too! . .

This comprehensive how-to goes through the process of transforming an internal combustion engine vehicle to electric or even building an EV from scratch for as much or even cheaper than purchasing a traditional car. The book describes each component in detail---motor, battery, controller, charger, and chassis---and provides step-by-step instructions on how to put them all together. . .

Build Your Own Electric Vehicle, Second Edition, covers:

EV vs. Combustible Engine Overview.
Environmental and Energy Savings.
EV Evolution since the First Electric Car .
Current Purchase and Conversion Costs.
Chassis and Design.
Today's Best Motors .
Battery Discharging/Charging Styles.
Electrical Systems.
Licensing and Insurance Issues.
Driving.
Maintenance .
Related Clubs and Associations.
Additional Resources

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Average Rating :

Rating : - Not very useful
I read Second Edition.

I am not sure, but I don't think the new author (Seth) has ever built his own conversion.

The book is more of a "sales pitch" for electric powered vehicles rather than a "how to" manual for someone seriously interested in doing a conversion. I am quite certain that no novice could ever complete their own conversion by using only this book.

Much of the material is repeated several times throughout the book. Some of the material is directly copied from web sites that I've visited in the past. The math and tables appear to be inserted only too make the material appear to have some legitimacy. The listed references could easily be found with a simple web search, and their presence in the book serves only to fill more blank pages.
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