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Build Your Own Electric Vehicle
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| Build Your Own Electric Vehicle |
Thoroughly revised and expanded, Build Your Own Electric Vehicle, Third Edition, is your go-to guide for converting an internal combustion engine vehicle to electric or building an EV from the ground up. You'll also find out about the wide variety of EVs available for purchase and how they're being built. This new edition details all the latest breakthroughs, including AC propulsion and regenerative braking systems, intelligent controllers, batteries, and charging technologies.
Filled with updated photos, this cutting-edge resource fully describes each component--motor, battery, controller, charger, and chassis--and provides illustrated, step-by-step instructions on how to assemble all the parts. Exclusive web content features current supplier and dealer lists. Custom-built for environmentalists, engineers, students, hobbyists, and mechanics, this hands-on guide puts you in the fast lane toward a cost-effective, reliable green machine.
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Table Of Contents
1 Why Electric Vehicles Are for Today!
What Is an Electric Vehicle?
Have You Driven an EV Lately?
Electric Vehicle Myths (Dispelling the Rumors)
The Disadvantages of Electric Cars Have Been Reduced or Eliminated
2 Electric Vehicles Save the Environment and Energy
Why Do Electric Vehicles Save the Environment?
Save the Environment and Save Some Money Too!
Petroleum Will Not Last Forever
Clean Energy Is the Future
Fuel-Efficient Vehicles
3 Electric Vehicle History
Timeline of Vehicle History
The Timeline of Electric Cars
The Golden Age of Internal Combustion Engines
A World Awash in Oil After World War II
Twilight of the Oil Gods
Electric Vehicles
The Need for an Association
Lithium Ion Just Starts the EV Market
The Need for Events, Cars, Books, and Movies
4 The Best Electric Vehicle for You
EV Purchase Decisions
EV Conversion Shops
The Procedure
Electric Car Motors II: The AC Versus DC Debate Ill
5 Chassis and Design
Comprehensive Testing Under Way—and There’s More on the Way
Choose the Best Chassis for Your EV
Optimize Your EV
It Ain’t Heavy, It’s My EV
Streamline Your EV Thinking
Roll with the Road
Less Is More with Drive Trains
Difference in Motor Versus Engine Specifications
Going Through the Gears
Design Your EV
Buy Your EV Chassis
6 Electric Motors
Why an Electric Motor?
Horsepower
DC Electric Motors
Electromagnets and Motors
DC Motors in General
DC Motors in the Real World
DC Motor Types
AC Electric Motors
Tomorrow’s Best EV Motor Solution
7 The Controller
Controller Overview
Controller Choice
Today’s Best Controller Solutions
EV Controllers Help to Dispel All Myths About EVs Today
AC Propulsion, Inc., to the Rescue—Today
Tesla Controllers Use AC Propulsion Technologies
8 Batteries
Metals, Salts, and Ions: Nature’s Sad Love Story
Building a Battery
Battery Anatomy
Shapes and Sizes of Lithium-Ion Batteries
Ampere-Hours and Voltage
Wiring in Series or Parallel
C-Rate
Flat Discharge Curve
The Diamond in the Discard Pile: LiFePO4
9 The Charger and Electrical System
Charger Overview
Battery Discharging and Charging Cycle
The Ideal Battery Charger
The Real-World Battery Charger
Other Battery-Charging Solutions
10 Electric Vehicle Builds and Conversions
Conversion Overview
Before Building or Converting
Building or Converting
Electrical
Batteries
After Conversion
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