9 Key Chapters of the “Build Your Own Electric Vehicle” Book

The Build Your Own Electric Vehicle paperback book by by Seth Leitman and Bob Brant is one of the top selling manual for electric car enthusiasts. Anyone who is planning to convert a gas guzzler to run on pure electricity would need a conversion manual to assist them. The following are 9 key chapters covered [...] Related Articles: Where to Get an Electric Car Kit With rising fuel costs, more and more people and are... Convert Gasoline to Electric Car – Best Way to Handle It Since t

GM’s Lauckner wishes for bigger incentives to get drivers out of gas-powered vehicles

Filed under: Government/Legal , GM , Alternative Fuel At this point, it's no secret that the Chevy Volt and other plug-in vehicles are not going to come cheap. About the least pricey full-speed electric vehicle may very well be the Nissan Leaf, which after incentives may be in the $27-28,000 range before the extra cost of leasing the battery. While the operational costs of these cars should be substantially less than any internal combustion vehicle, customers rarely think that far ahead w

Electric Ford Focus to make London debut

Residents of the London Borough of Hillingdon will be among the luckiest motorists in the UK as they will be the first in Britain to experience Ford’s zero-emission technology. Volunteer drivers in the borough will trial battery electric vehicle (BEV) prototypes of the Ford Focus – vehicles that have been designed specifically for the UK Government’s ‘Ultra-low Carbon Vehicles’ demonstration next year. As many as 20 households will run the cars for a three-month period and will have access t

Electricity 4 Gas – Gas To Electric Car Conversion Kits

Because of the growing environmental concerns, continuously increasing oil prices, and impending shortage of conventional fuels, people have been looking for alternative sources of energy. For some people, especially for those who are well-off, it may be easy to buy brand new hybrid or electric cars. But for the majority who cannot afford to do so or even those who do not want to do so, there is a way for them to keep their present car while still drawing the benefits of an electric vehicle. Thi

Transforming Gas Guzzling Fleets: The Time is Now

Editor’s Note: This is a guest contribution by the Founder and President of Rapid Electric Vehicles (REV). This past week I have spent considerable time traveling throughout California, Oregon and Washington discussing the transformation of fleet vehicles to electric. My company, Vancouver-based REV (Rapid Electric Vehicles), has created a fully integrated solution to transform existing fleet vehicles including the Ford Escape into a 100 percent electric vehicle with long-range AC drive

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