Build Your Own Electric Vehicle, 3/e (Paperback)

BUILD, CONVERT, OR BUY A STATE-OF-THE-ART ELECTRIC VEHICLE

Thoroughly revised and expanded, Build Your Own Electric Vehicle, Third Edition, is your go-to guide for converting an internal combustion engine vehicle to electric or building an EV from the ground up. You'll also find out about the wide variety of EVs available for purchase and how they're being built. This new edition details all the latest breakthroughs, including AC propulsion and regenerative braking systems, intelligent controllers, batteries, and charging technologies.

Filled with updated photos, this cutting-edge resource fully describes each component--motor, battery, controller, charger, and chassis--and provides illustrated, step-by-step instructions on how to assemble all the parts. Exclusive web content features current supplier and dealer lists. Custom-built for environmentalists, engineers, students, hobbyists, and mechanics, this hands-on guide puts you in the fast lane toward a cost-effective, reliable green machine.

Build Your Own Electric Vehicle, Third Edition, covers:

• Environmental impact and energy savings
• The best EV for you--purchase trade-offs, conversion trade-offs, and conversion costs
• Chassis and design
• Different types of electric motors and controllers
• Lithium EV batteries
• Chargers and electrical systems
• EV builds and conversions
• Licensing and insuring your EV
• Driving and maintenance
• List of manufacturers and dealers regularly updated on website

「打造、轉換或購買最先進的電動車」
《自己打造電動車》，第三版經過全面修訂和擴充，是您轉換內燃機車輛為電動車或從頭開始建造電動車的指南。您還將了解到各種可供購買的電動車以及它們的製造方式。這本新版詳細介紹了所有最新的突破，包括交流驅動和再生制動系統、智能控制器、電池和充電技術。

這本尖端資源充滿了更新的照片，完整描述了每個組件-馬達、電池、控制器、充電器和底盤-並提供了逐步說明如何組裝所有零件的圖解指南。獨家網絡內容提供了當前供應商和經銷商名單。這本實用指南專為環保人士、工程師、學生、愛好者和技工量身打造，讓您快速、經濟實惠、可靠的綠色機器上路。

《自己打造電動車》，第三版涵蓋以下內容：
- 環境影響和節能效益
- 最適合您的電動車-購買取捨、轉換取捨和轉換成本
- 底盤和設計
- 不同類型的電動馬達和控制器
- 鋰電池
- 充電器和電氣系統
- 電動車的建造和轉換
- 電動車的註冊和保險
- 駕駛和維護
- 定期在網站上更新的製造商和經銷商名單