Build Your Own Electric Vehicle

Table of Contents

Preface - What will you need to get started and how will you begin.
Chapter One - Finding a vehicle to convert. Using Cars or trucks is covered and where to find them.
Chapter Two - Electric Motors, where to find them, AC vs DC, Advantages , Transmission considerations. Finding free electric motors is covered too.
Helpful websites too.
Chapter Three - Controllers for motors is covered, where to find them and which one is best.
Chapter Four - Finding free batteries for your electric car conversion, how do you figure out the overall range of your vehicle too.
Chapter Five - Many other components are necessary to make your electric car conversion work, we explore the diverse list of components.
A parts list is covered too.
Chapter Six - Getting started with your conversion. Let’s take off the exhaust and the fuel system.
Let’s carefully take out that old gas motor too.
Measuring once, and getting it right.
What about the power brakes and power steering?
Chapter Seven - Electric motor mounting is next. Where does it go and how is it supported?
Chapter Eight - Battery positioning is next, safety and layout considerations are all covered.
How are they held in place? Supports and laying out the design. Wire routing is covered.
Chapter Nine - Final layout of the controller and charger. Schematic drawings to get it right.
Chapter Ten - Starting up your vehicle the first time. Safety concerns and having an expert check it out first. Let’s go.

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Build Your Own Electric Vehicle

Build Your Own Electric Car Challenge

Here at our off grid home we are always looking for new and better ways to use renewable energy in our lives. We took on this project as a challenge to all of those people who said it could not be done.

We want to share this information with as many people as we can; the suppression of knowledge in the area of alternative fuels for vehicles has gone on too long. That is why we are in the energy crunch we now face. The electric car is the answer we think. You will find out why very soon.

We had seen electric cars and hybrid electric vehicles on the roads for a few years and we knew that with our experience in the field of Renewable Energy, especially DC motors and battery systems that we could make it work.

What Will You Learn?
* Convert your car to electric for under $500
* Sources of free industrial batteries
* Safe installation of batteries and all parts
* Documented conversion of our vehicle with pictures
* Sources of DC motors and controllers
* Sources of Electric Car Conversion kits
* Where to find the right car or truck to start with
* An off road electric vehicle conversion
* Your electric car will travel 50 mph
* You will be able to drive up to 100 miles between charges
* Renewable Energy charging options

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Build Your Own Electric Vehicle

Parts List To Get Started

You will need a minimum amount of tools at the very least, a small work space area (we used a 10 foot by 10 foot shop for most of our work). It doesn’t need to be very large.

Tools Needed

Jigsaw, small grinder, various wrenches, socket set, various screw drivers, #80 sand paper. Work bench, welding equipment and a hoist and a big pile of initiative mostly.

Parts List

Motor – AC or DC, Motor Controller, Manual disconnect, Motor adaptor, Main contactor, Inertia switch, Charger, Battery ends, DC-DC power supply, Amp meter shunt, E-Meter or several digital meters, Fuses, Throttle control box, Battery cables, Cable cutters ( a must as they cut the cable properly), Lugs, Battery ends, A crimping tool to install cable ends, Vacuum pump (to bleed power brakes), Batteries, Battery boxes (make your own), Misc. nuts and bolt etc.

You can get started now at: Electricity4cars

Build Your Own Electric Vehicle