subject: How to Convert Your Car to Electricity [print this page] How to Convert Your Car to Electricity How to Convert Your Car to Electricity
If you want to convert your car to electricity you should research the process so you fully understand what needs to be done. You can build your own electric car, if you can manage to change your own oil and wiper blades. It takes a little know-how, but it's not rocket science.
The electric parts are less likely to need replacing than the other parts, like brakes, tires and headlights. So if you convert a Chevy S-10 or a Ford F-150, a 4runner or an Echo, you don't really have an special electric one of a kind car, do you? You can takethe carinto any tire or brake shop and get the ordinaryparts replaced. The parts are cheap, because there are dozens of them out on the road.
The electric parts that will probably need replacing down the road are batteries, and one battery can certainly be interchanged with another, as long as the dimensions are the same.
Motors and controllers for your electric car conversion can be purchased from companies that have been around for a long time and will continue to be around for a long time. The net result is that your car might be one of a kind but it's not reallya special 'one of' in the same way a production car from a dead company might be.
One of the main concern faced by DIY electric car enthusiast is the cost of any EV conversion project. The DC electric motor and batteries would take up the biggest budget.Onesuggestion I readmakes a lot of sense and if you are willing to do some researching to source for used or reconditioned parts, you would keep your conversion budget under control..
With the ever increasing costs of gas there is no better time then right now to start running your own car on electricity. You will save hundreds of dollars every month on gas. It costs about $1 to charge your electric car and you can travel up to 100 miles (160kms) on a single charge on gas costs. It costs about $1 to charge your electric car, and you can travel up to 100 miles on a single charge.
Learn more about running your car on electricity at http://www.saveongas.info/
