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Do It Yourself
From SanFranciscoEVA
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Add info here about building EVs or converting conventional vehicles to electric.
Wikipedia article http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_vehicle_conversion
Recommended parts
- Batteries
- Motors
- Controllers
- Chargers
- Battery Monitors
- Battery Management Systems
Details of these components are at: http://www.seattleeva.org/wiki/Category:BEV_components
EV Assoc of Washington DC, Great site on conversion: http://www.evadc.org/build_an_ev.html
An excellent library of technical info & manuals about EV components is on http://www.evdl.org/lib/
Online book on EV conversion http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Electric_vehicle_conversion
The Electric Vehicle Discussion List (EVDL) - A helpful resource for all current and future EV owners, converters, and enthusiasts. http://www.evdl.org/
EV component vendors
- http://www.metricmind.com
- http://www.electroauto.com/
- http://www.ev-america.com/
- http://www.kta-ev.com/
Diaries of people converting cars
- http://www.evconvert.com/
- http://www.driveev.com/jeepev/
- http://www.docdockdocuments.com/conversion/conversionstart.htm
- http://www.austinev.org/evinfo/build/eva-selectingavehicle.html
- http://www.cameronsoftware.com/ev/Welcome.html
(Includes a great page on the process of selecting a motor/controller http://www.cameronsoftware.com/ev/EV_SelectingADrive.html)
Used Electric Vehicles & Parts
- EV Tradin' Post -- http://www.austinev.org/evtradinpost/
- Silicon Valley EAA -- http://eaasv.org/
- EV Finder (national) -- http://www.evfinder.com
- EV Trader (national) -- http://www.austinev.org/evtradinpost/
- EVs in Arizona -- http://www.phoenixeaa.com/classifieds/main.html
- EVs in D.C./Maryland -- http://www.evadc.org/for_sale.html
- EVs in New England: http://www.coate.org/jim/ev/EVinfo/used_evs.html
Electric Vehicle Parts
- EV Parts -- http://www.evparts.com/
- KTA Services -- http://www.kta-ev.com/
- Cloud Electric (Washington) -- http://www.cloudelectric.com/category.html?UCIDs=881991
- For GM Ranger S10 trucks: http://www.evbones.com/
