subject: Power Your Car With Clean Electricity [print this page] For years now drivers have been converting their own cars to electric and judging by the heart attack prices of new electrics being presented by car manufacturers, DIY is likely to stay around.
A DIY electric car kit totals a mere $300 and that includes the manual telling you how to do it. The conversion is quick to do. You could be driving your electric around on the same day you converted.
Having an electric motor vehicle means you soon get your money back. It only costs about $1 to charge your car from your electric plug at home. You can travel up to 100 miles (160.9 km) on a charge. And don't think electric cars are slow. You will get up to 55mph (88.5 kph). Plenty of electrics have already been booked for speeding.
The DIY conversions require no special mechanical knowledge. All you need is the DIY manual. Conversions can be done on any type of vehicle in any country.
You can have the conversions done for you but that could cost you 10 times more like $3000. In many cases friends get together to help each other convert their cars. They only have to buy one manual at under $50 and the rest is parts you can get from any hardware store. Some people have started their own business converting cars to electric.
As well as saving lots of money on fuel, having an electric car is greatly helping clean the environment. Conventional cars are one of the biggest polluters on the planet. In 20 years time there will be so many cars on the planet it will be really environmentally serious.
My observations show one company in particular is a good bet for getting the manual and supporting advice. Not surprisingly the man who wrote the manual and created the DIY electric conversion kit is a keen environmentalist. He and all his family have long ago converted their cars to electric and see electric motor vehicles as a great help for improving world environment.
