i am interested in building an electric car. i came across the book Build your own electric car by bob bryant. In the things i have read about it, it claims to be able to turn a late model ford ranger into a fully electric car for less than $10,000, probably closer to $5000 depending on what you pay for parts and where. Has anyone bought or read/used information from this book? does it sound reasonable? i dont want to convert just a 2 door car, i would love to have a fully electric truck so i can still get some use out of it, and i think it would be easier to have the extra space in the bed of the truck. what do you guys think? is it worth buying the book? thanks in advance.
TJ
Sounds reasonable to me; Bob Bryant has been doing this for quite a while and he knows his stuff. I converted my Dodge Ram 50 for $1700 but since I went cheap on the batteries my range and speed are limited. Try “EV Album” - lots of pictures and descriptions of anything you can imagine.
tommyt
[QUOTE=Tom Thomson;2356]TJ
Sounds reasonable to me; Bob Bryant has been doing this for quite a while and he knows his stuff. I converted my Dodge Ram 50 for $1700 but since I went cheap on the batteries my range and speed are limited. Try “EV Album” - lots of pictures and descriptions of anything you can imagine.
tommyt[/QUOTE]
thank you, i appreciate it. i commute 50 miles round trip a day to work and with gas prices close to $4 a gollon here in california, and driveing a ford mustang, im not getting the best mileage and spending a fortune in gas. im hopeing the book will at least guide me in the right direction to build a completely electric truck. thanks alot. BTW what is EV album? is that a book? thanks
Ive got the donar car and am taking the ice parts out now. It looks as if I will have a great rig with range and speed on less than $10k. So I hope it is entirely possible LOL. Im getting a kit from EVA that looks pretty good. It should do around 70miles + at around 50 mph. We shall see.
I do have a battery question though is there a big difference between T105"s and T145’s. Is it just the amps or do you get more cycle’s out of the T145 battries.
[QUOTE=tjames;2344]i am interested in building an electric car. i came across the book Build your own electric car by bob bryant.
-Tyler[/QUOTE]
Go to the library, its there.
I read this book. Lots of charts, specs, etc, confusing math
But check the book at the library first.
What is good is the info on GVWR and motor dynamics. You don’t have to lay out $1800 for a motor and another $1800 for controller, you CAN get by on less than cutting edge (which is what I’m doing)
[QUOTE=thetazzbot;2950]Go to the library, its there.
I read this book. Lots of charts, specs, etc, confusing math
But check the book at the library first.
What is good is the info on GVWR and motor dynamics. You don’t have to lay out $1800 for a motor and another $1800 for controller, you CAN get by on less than cutting edge (which is what I’m doing)
Mark[/QUOTE]
going to check the library first ,any other books to look at ???
