Skip to Main Content
Build Your Own Electric Vehicle, Third Edition, 3rd Edition
book

Build Your Own Electric Vehicle, Third Edition, 3rd Edition

by Seth Leitman, Bob Brant
February 2013
Beginner content levelBeginner
352 pages
13h 14m
English
McGraw-Hill Education TAB
Content preview from Build Your Own Electric Vehicle, Third Edition, 3rd Edition

CHAPTER 1Why Electric Vehicles Are for Today!

Thank you for building your own electric vehicles!—Seth Leitman to Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla Motors(as he handed Elon a copy of the Second Editionof Build Your Own Electric Vehicle)

As I asked in the first and second editions, “Why should anyone buy, convert, or build an electric vehicle today?” How about zero tailpipe emissions and 100 percent torque at 0 rev/min? Also, electric vehicles are available in all price ranges. When I worked for the State of New York, I always used to say that electric cars were almost maintenance-free: They never require oil changes, new spark plugs, or any other regular repairs.

When a person would ask me to list all the great things about electric cars, they would start ...

Become an O’Reilly member and get unlimited access to this title plus top books and audiobooks from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers, thousands of courses curated by job role, 150+ live events each month,
and much more.
Start your free trial

You might also like

Electric Motors and Drives, 5th Edition

Electric Motors and Drives, 5th Edition

Austin Hughes, Bill Drury

Publisher Resources

ISBN: 9780071770569