To start off with you'll need a good set of plans. This step is crucial as plans can make or break your project. We know from previous experience that good plans are an absolute must.
The second thing you'll need are all the parts to build your electric car with. This includes the motor, 10 - 12 deep cycle batteries, nuts and bolts, and somebody to help you. A good helper makes things go twice as fast. You can find the motor on eBay. Don't worry too much about the specifications, it won't really affect your speed that much anyways. I'm sure you're thinking "Wow, 10 deep cycle batteries is going to cost me at least $1000". That's true if you buy them new, but over the years we've found many different ways to reduce the costs of our projects. The benefit to you is that you should be able to find all of your deep cycle batteries for free.
Free batteries to make your own electric car with? That's right, we stumbled over this little trick about six years ago while I was working on a golf course for the summer, but let's not spoil the surprise.
Now that you have the motor and batteries you can begin to make your own electric car. You'll need to hoist the motor out of the car (not as hard as it sounds, it's only connected by a few bolts). After that you can mount the electric motor in and hook it up to the drive shaft. Then you can go and mount the batteries on top of the motor. The batteries get hooked up to a potentiometer (simply a thing which controls how much electricity you send to the motor) so you can control how fast the car goes. There are a couple more steps, but they're discussed on the website.
The best part about my electric car? The fact that I pay about $0 PER MONTH to drive it (we live on renewable energy). If you're still hooked up to the grid even then it will only cost you about $20 per month to drive your electric car. Now that's what I call fuel savings.
Make Your Own Electric Car
Electric cars are becoming more popular as more people hear about how great they are especially to the environment. More people are looking into what the electric car conversion process involves. Some people will do electric car conversion for a hobby whereas others just want to buy electric cars without messing with the conversion part.
When doing an electric car conversion, there are many stages of the process you need to follow. All of them require a lot of work especially if you are new at electric car conversion. You need to plan very well before you buy any parts or start working on your car or you can end up wasting a lot of money.
The first thing you need to do when attempting an electric car conversion is to plan every detail. The more you plan the easier the conversion will be and the less likely that you are going to buy wrong parts, components or end up with a nonworking electric car or an unfinished electric car.
Getting a book on how to do an electric car conversion will help a great deal but you will need other help too especially if you are attempting to convert your first electric car. Converting by yourself may not be a good idea unless you already know what you are doing. There are many areas of the electric car conversion process that you can use some help with.
The electric car conversion process can take a long time so you need to make sure that you have somewhere relatively comfortable to work in. The space that you need must be enough for the car, the electric car conversion kit if you purchase one, the parts, motor, batteries, as well as lots of room to maneuver. You will also need light and electricity as well as good temperature.
You will also need tools to do the electric car conversion. Some of the tools needed are simple tools that are common but there may be others that you will need and your shop does not currently have. Check also to see what tools come in your electric car conversion kit before you order any more tools for the electric car conversion project.
Overall, anyone can attempt electric car conversion if you have the tools, space, and the right plan. However, you may not want to do everything yourself because sometimes hiring professionals can save time as well as avoid mistakes that could occur if you don't know what you are doing with something. You want the finished electric car to run well without taking any risks.
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