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Information on Electric Vehicles is available from many online sources (see below). There are different forms of electric vehicles that you may be interested in.

  • New OEM Electric Vehicles such as the Tesla Roadster, BMW Mini, Chevy Volt
  • Older OEM Electric Vehicles such as the EV1, S10, Rav 4, Ranger
  • Hybrid OEM cars: Prius, Escape
  • Plug-In Hybrid conversions: CalCars Prius+
  • Kit Cars: Electrolite Roadster, Sunrise EV2 and some others are available
  • Conversion Kits and parts are available to turn many gas cars into Electric Vehicles
  • Racing: Custom builds for racing, some are faster than gas vehicles

For OEM Cars please google the car name.

Kit Cars are a great way to go electric and not wait for OEMs. Kits for EVs such as the Electrolite Roadster are built to handle the Electric Vehicle’s requirements: batteries take up a lot of space, and their weight is an important factor. The beauty of a kit is that you don’t have to design motor mounts battery mounts and be good at welding, we’ve done the hard work for you.

Conversions: Planning, converting and building an EV is a wonderful project. It is not cheap, and most conversion require tinkering to maintain, but they don’t require gas, oil changes, exhaust systems, etc… most maintenance you can do yourself.

Surf the EV Album http://evalbum.com/ to check out examples. You can convert a car using an AC or DC system, different battery technology and parts as well as kits for specific vehicles are available. We can advise you of our preferred components.

If you’re interested in converting a vehicle, check out the following sites for more information:
EAAEV: Electric Auto Assoc. & Michigan Chapter of EAA,
EV Discussion List and EV Tech.org are a mail list that EV-ers write questions and answers to each other, you get a copy of the emails so you can read and learn or delete if you're not interested. They also have an archive on the web.
Recommend reading: "Build Your Own Electric Vehicle" by Bob Brant, 1994
Many Videos on YouTube
EV Forums are also on the web: EV Forum & DIY Forum

NEDRA: National Electric Drag Racing Assoc.

Some of our favorite conversion web sites: