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Build Your Own Electric Vehicleby Bob Brant |
| Electric vehicles have many advantages over their gas-powered counterparts. They're ecologically sound, much cheaper to operate, and require almost no routine maintenance. Drivers can enjoy the clean-running convenience and economy of an electric vehicle for as much as it costs to buy a new car. This illustrated guide explains step by step how to build an inexpensive EV from a kit or convert an existing internal combustion engine. | |
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The Alcohol Fuel Handbookby Lynn Ellen Doxon |
| Do you want to escape rising gasoline prices? You can make your own fuel and here is how. The Alcohol Fuel handbook, first published in 1980, presents knowledge gained through the extensive practical experience of the author and her then partner, Robert Brautigam, in the production of ethanol for fuel. Now updated and revised, the book is increasingly relevant as gasoline prices rise. Learn to produce fuel alcohol, use the byproducts, modify engines to run on ethanol and deal with government regulations. | |
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Forget the Gas Pumps--Make Your Own Fuelby Jim Wortham |
| Forget the rising gasoline prices. Now you can fuel you car, truck, motorcycle or RV without gasoline. Don't let the rising gasoline prices choke your budget and cause sleepless nights. Jim Wortham began his study of alternative energy in 1979 when he compiled research and car conversion information for this book. Jim was part of a grassroots movement to convert cars, trucks, motorcycles, lawnmowers and farm machinery to run on legally made home distilled alcohol. Jim explains how most anyone can get a permit to make alcohol fuel, how to make a moonshine still, how to distill alcohol, and provides photos and instructions of car engine modifications. | |
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Convert It!by Michael Brown |
| This book is the leading how-to resource for electric car conversions. It combines Brown's years of professional automotive experience with down-to-earth language even an automotive beginner can understand. It is not written for the engineer in the laboratory, but for the home mechanic building his own car, and for the average person behind the wheel. Brown speaks to the reader as if talking to a friend in his garage. Before lifting a wrench, Brown answers the most frequently asked questions about electric cars: how fast will it go, how far will it go, how long will the batteries last, how pollution-free is it really, and many more. |