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Electric Vehicle Design Help
If you are considering designing and building or converting your own electric-powered vehicle you have many decisions to make. The information below may help.
Comprehensive Info on Electric Vehicles from Wikipedia
A Thorough Definition of Electric Motor Controllers
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motor_controller
Definitions of Battery Electric Vehicle Components
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:BEV_components
A Definition of Contactors in Electric Vehicles
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contactors
Excellent General Information on Electric Vehicles
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Electric_vehicles
Electric Vehicle Conversions from ICE Vehicles
http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Electric_vehicle_conversion
How an Electric Car Works
This web page includes lots of information plus two informative videos.
www.howstuffworks.com
Frequently Asked Questions about Electric Conversions
www.evparts.com/faq
Photos and Details about a 1975 Electric Citicar
This vehicle is especially interesting because it shows you older contactors instead of modern electronics to control its speed. Contactors are far less expensive, but are noisy with frequent clicking as they control voltages.
www.howstuffworks.com
“Advice on Building an Electric Car for Those Interested”
This is a good place to start. He lists your first seven design considerations.
peakoil.com
Electric Vehicle Construction Resources
www.evconvert.com
Comprehensive Details of a Toyota Yaris Conversion to Electric
www.electricyaris.com
Todd Kollin Makes Electric Motorcycles
This web page also includes a video.
Poor Man’s EV 1st Electric Motorcycle
Includes some videos of his homemade old-fashioned contactors.
www.poormansev.com
Interesting Electric Motorcycle Specs and Many Related Links
http://zoic.org/sharkey/moto/ev/
A Conversion Diary from New Zealand
http://www.kiwiev.com/
Here’s over two hundred and fifty pages of electric vehicle conversion projects
http://www.evsupersite.net/pages/807953/index.htm
TexomaEV.com
A public service website for those interested in building an electric vehicle
www.texomaev.com
Gav’s Electric Vehicle Conversion (in New Zealand)
http://www.kiwiev.com/
Don Dunkle’s Solar-Powered Scooter Plans
Make one for yourself!
www.builditsolar.com
A 1987 VW Golf Conversion
www.electricvehiclesystems.com
A Solar-Powered EV Diary
www.didik.com/ev_build.htm
Jerry’s Electric Car Conversion
A blow by blow account of his first conversion.
convert.jerryrig.com
Jerry’s Second Electric Car Conversion
Follow the entire process before doing your own and avoid many mistakes
www.evconvert.com
Jerry Bowden’s Electric Motorcycle (Diary)
hometown.aol.com
Video: Building the Neurotikart II, Part 1
This is the first of ten short videos on YouTube about the construction of this electric go kart. Although you might not want to construct a go kart this is the BEST description of the basics of how to build any electric vehicle that I have found yet.
Watch all TEN segments and you’ll understand the basics of how to construct an electric vehicle.
www.youtube.com
New Beetle Electric Vehicle Conversion Diary
www.cameronsoftware.com
A Ten Day, Hands-on Class in How to Convert a Car to Electric
www.pleiades-enterprises.bigstep.com
ElectroAutomotive
Electric Vehicle Conversions
www.electroauto.com
Electric Car Conversions and Kits
www.electroauto.com
Electric Bicycle Conversion Kits and Related Products
www.werelectrified.com
Plans for a Small Electric Motorcycle
www.rqriley.com
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