The Electric Vehicle Conversion Handbook: How to Convert Cars, Trucks, Motorcycles, and Bicycles -- Includes EV Components, Kits, and Project Vehicles

I have read a few books for the conversion of an ICE vehicle into an EV, and this book is great! It explains everything you will need to know about the history, process and what the components do. I know that there are others out there that do the same thing, but this book has done it in a manner that anyone will understand. It is very comprehensive and the photos show exactly what is being discussed. When you are done reading this book you will be very prepared for each step in the conversion process. It lays out a good plan of attack for doing the job. I plan on doing a conversion this summer and will use this book as the basis of my build. I have other 'conversion' books that are good, and will reference them also. But the one I will turn to first is this one.

I have not completely covered the handbook, but I feel it is very detailed and thorough. I think the book would be a good guide for actually converting a vehicle to electric power.

I wanted a better understanding of how electric cars work and this book delivered 100%. Starts with an overview of all the sub-systems in an electric car then drills down into the hard theory behind what makes it all work. It looked good on the Kindle, no obvious formatting problems, so the editor did their job (high five). The book also dips into the non-technical areas of electric car ownership, reducing dependence on foreign oil, environmental costs, reduced cost of ownership etc. which helped break things up a bit from the straight technical content.

Enjoyable and understandable ... lots of resources

Book was somewhat dated by this point in history but the basics were covered. That's where the book stops. No advanced concepts or recommendations given for vehicle conversion planning so the reader is left a bit more informed but still just north of clueless.

This book gives a great overview of the components and a working idea of the concepts involved with each of the components, electric motors, batteries, controllers, etc. I was kind of dissappointed in the lack of integrating these components in a conversion project. I want more details of the nuts and bolts on making connections and more importantly how do you wire into your existing gas powered vehicle. This is a good starting point, I was hoping for a little more, I will need to find another book that maybe gets past the general description of components and more on integrating it into your ICE in an actual conversion.

Awesome book if you're looking to convert your car to electric. It has many good bit of information that will give you a great start on converting your car.

I bought this book because it has such excellent reviews. I would have thought a book published in 2011 would still have some currency in the electric car scene in 2019, but it is lacking in so many ways and is just a disappointment. In 2011 it would have been relatively easy to see the trends in electric vehicle development, but The Electric Vehicle Conversion Handbook dismisses lithium-ion battery technology and AC motors as too expensive and instead focuses on lead-acid batteries and DC power trains. Further it somewhat falls short in one of the most challenging aspects of conversion, by devoting only a measly three uninformative sentences to motor-driveline coupling.

good info very easy to understand

Buen libro, aunque solo da la explicación básica de los componentes y su interacción en un vehículo eléctrico , espero exista un segundo tomo donde explique cómo hacer las conversiones.

This book needs updating with newer information. It needs to look into better batteries like lithium and more modern electric motors

Really well written and descriptive. I don't think I will ever get time to try and build my own though but loved reading about it.

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