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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/
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