Here are some books and movies that I recommend.
Build Your Own Electric Vehicle by Bob Brant
| Book | I call this book the bible; it’s that good. Written by Bob Brant in the 90s this book covers everything you want to know about designing and building your own electric vehicle. If you are thinking about building an EV from scratch or just converting a vehicle this book is a must have in the garage. In October 2008 the second edition was published with updated information.
http://www.amazon.com/Build-Your-Own-Electric-Vehicle/dp/0830642315 |
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SVO: Powering Your Vehicle With Straight Vegetable Oil by Forest Gregg
| Book | If Build Your Own Electric Vehicle is the bible of electric car conversions SVO: Powering Your Vehicle With Straight Vegetable Oil is the bible for running a diesel engine on straight vegetable oil (SVO). This book dives deep into the theory and operation of modern diesel engines and does it all with vegetable oil in mind. If you want to run a vehicle on SVO and have questions on theory, conversion, filtering or the performance of a SVO vehicle this book is a must. http://www.motherearthnews.com/shopping/detail.aspx?itemnumber=3837 |
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