Who killed the electric car? Me, I drove further than the extension cord enabled.

This book is very helpful with information you can use to build your own electric car.

I'm a pretty easy reviewer, few books I don't like.

This one was a waste of time and money. Let me be specific. Where the author could have been less detailed he wasn't where he could have been more detailed he wasn't.

I'm doing an EV conversion and I live on a mountain. I don't want to read you'll need a "little" more horse power if you live in a hilly area. I want to hear 10%, 20% whatever more.

Engines. He says we will start out with AC motors and then launches into electrical engineering speak. His conversions he writes about are DC motored vehicles. Then I go to another electrical engineers website, a guy who has done several conversions and he says DC motors arc and to only use AC. Also, several of the websites that show completed vehicles that used DC motors shown in his conversions (this book) show top speeds of 50 mph.

Some people shouldn't write - or teach.

This is the first up to date book I've found on EVs in years. This revised edition reflects the current economy, state of oil prices and government regulations regarding EVs. Everything you'd need to get started on an EV project or to just educate yourself on the subject.

The photos were of very poor quality, which made the book a waste of time and money

The book is better than i expected. It is pretty easy to understand what the goals of the author are. The book is just what the novice EV mechanic needs to get started on their own project. I'm using this book as a reference guide in one of my automotive classes. This is a good book to have along with many of the other EV conversion books available. I have not finished it yet but so far I am satisfied with the information. If you need more information on EVs there are more books available that might help on Amazon, bookstores, etc. This is a good starting point for anyone looking to convert or know more about electric vehicles conversions. I would recommend it to anyone.