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Key Features

New to this edition: latest technologies, electric cars currently on the market, completely new pictures, graphs, and charts, and updated sources for parts.

About the Authors

Seth Leitman is the President and Managing Member of Electric Transportation Solutions, LLC and the ETS Energy Store, LLC.

Bob Brant was the forward-thinking author of the now classic first edition of Build Your Own Electric Vehicle.

Table of Contents

• Chapter 1. Electric Vehicles are Right for Today
• Chapter 2. EVs Save the Environment
• Chapter 3. Electric Vehicle History
• Chapter 4. The Best EV for You
• Chapter 5. Sources
• Chapter 6. Chassis and Design
• Chapter 7. Electric Motors
• Chapter 8. The Controller
• Chapter 9. Batteries
• Chapter 10. The Charger & Electrical System
• Chapter 11. Electrical Vehicle Conversion
• Chapter 12. Maximise Your Electrical Vehicle Enjoyment

Save money on gas and turn your car into an electric and efficient machine What really happened to the electric car? This completely revised and updated edition of the "bible of electric car books" gives you the component-by-component coverage you need to convert your gas-guzzler to a clean-running electric powered vehicle. The book begins with a history of electric vehicles and the latest international advances in EV technology, and goes on to describe every component-from motor to chassis-showing how to put them all together to create a working vehicle.

Code No. 013371, 388 pages, ISBN 9780071770569, $54.00

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