Bob Brant's book does a good job of helping work through the power and energy requirements and lining them up with EV components. It really does pay to get a system and parts that meet your requirements, but without too much extra. Otherwise your conversion could cost as much as a Tesla.
The other book I have is called Convert It by Mike Brown. It is somewhat dated, but does a good job of covering some of the"nuts and bolts" of the conversion and wiring. Finally, I think good value can be had from using parts from production EVs such as Leaf. Batteries, motors, and controllers are all available pretty cheap. Of course, getting them to work can be a challenge. Mike On January 12, 2016 10:46:18 PM MST, Peri Hartman via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> wrote: >With the risk of sticking my foot in my mouth, as I have not built my >own EV, I'd like to make a few suggestions. > >One, start with goals. How far do you want to be able to drive? What >kind of acceleration? How steep a hill? Do you need to tow anything? > >Or carry a heavy load uphill? > >And lesser things: do you need a lot of cabin heat? defrost? > >Then do the math. There are various acceleration and load tools on the > >Internet that can help you determine how much torque or KW you need to >meet your goals. Knowing how many KW your goals require, you can >multiply that by range to size your battery. And so on. > >With all these numbers you can start looking at components. The >priciest ones are going to be the battery, the motor, and the >controller >or inverter. If these are way out of price range or, for example, you >the battery will be too heavy for the truck, you may need to compromise > >on some of your goals. You might decide to keep the clutch and gear >box >rather than replace them with a single gear reduction. A little less >efficient but potentially a lot cheaper. > >Hopefully, you'll be able to iterate through this process, reducing or >compromising your goals, until you reach something that is cost >justifiable. Otherwise you would just go buy the Tesla :) I can't >begin to enumerate all the small components you will need - from charge > >port to an electric pump for the brakes to dashboard meters. Books, the > >EV album, and other people will be your resources. > >Good luck ! > >Peri > > >------ Original Message ------ >From: "Thos True via EV" <ev@lists.evdl.org> >To: "Bobby Keeland" <keela...@gmail.com>; "Electric Vehicle Discussion >List" <ev@lists.evdl.org> >Sent: 12-Jan-16 9:17:42 PM >Subject: Re: [EVDL] Books on converting a car to ev? > >>Hi Bob, >> >>Build you own electric vehicle by Bob Brant. It is available at Amazon > >>and >>on Kindle. It gives excellent pointers, even if some of the info is >>dated. >>The beauty of electric vehicles is that typically, each of the basic >>components can be changed or updated with little regard to the others >>(motor, controller, batteries). Yes, it is wise to do your best to >>match >>these up for maximum benefit, but many of us have gone against that >>wisdom >>and done surprisingly well. It is a fledgling enterprise after all and > >>it >>seems that no one knows all. >> >>-Tom >> >>On Tue, Jan 12, 2016 at 6:40 PM, Bobby Keeland via EV >><ev@lists.evdl.org> >>wrote: >> >>> I plan to buy a new ev when the range is high enough, and they >don't >>>cost >>> as much as a Tesla S. In the near term I am considering the >>>conversion of >>> my 1951 Chevy pickup to ev, probably with it's own solar panels. I >>>could >>> also charge it from the solar panels that power my house. Can >anyone >>> recommend fairly up-to-date books that are specific to converting >an >>>ICE >>> vehicle to EV? >>> >>> Bob Keeland >>> Forest Dynamics >>> -------------- next part -------------- >>> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... >>> URL: < >>> >>>http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20160112/af5d4ec8/attachment.htm >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ >>> UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub >>> http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org >>> Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ >>> Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA ( >>> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) >>> >>> >> >> >>-- >>Remember, it is not that the glass is half empty, in reality, the >glass >>is >>merely twice the size that it needs to be! -TNT'82 >>-------------- next part -------------- >>An HTML attachment was scrubbed... >>URL: >><http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20160112/4d9d254e/attachment.htm> >>_______________________________________________ >>UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub >>http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org >>Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ >>Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA >>(http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) >> >> > >_______________________________________________ >UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub >http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org >Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ >Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA >(http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
