Table of Contents

Chapter 1. Why Electric Vehicles What are Electric Vehicles New Electricity Rates/Oil costs Conversion costs Chapter 2. Electric Vehicle Benefits Reports from the US Dept. of Energy Chapter 3. Electric Vehicle (recent) History Toyota's hybrid drive technology GM and CARB Ford and TH!NK City Tesla Roadster Chapter 4. Drive Systems, Chassis, and Designs Lithium Nono-phosphates Intelligent Drive Systems Chapter 5. Sources, Parts, Conversion Companies and Experts Updates on everything from previous edition, plus links to an online companion site that will be updated every 3 months or so for new information Chapter 6. Calculating Torque Curves Software from Grassroots electric vehicles, Electric Vehicles of America, and NetGain technologies Chapter 7. Electric Motors AC and DC Metric Mind Corporation Anaheim Automation Hi Performance Electric Vehicle Systems AC Propulsion Tesla Mototrs WARP Motors Chapter 8. Controllers Chapter 9. Batteries Lithium Lithium-polyphosphate Nickel Chapter 10. Chargers Newer, standardized SAE systems Chapter 11. AC/DC Drive and Controller Packages Lead Acid conversions Lithium Polymer conversions Chapter 12. Visions for Future Electric Cars and Electric Car Conversions

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