CHAPTER 1Why Electric Vehicles Are for Today!
Thank you for building your own electric vehicles!—Seth Leitman to Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla Motors(as he handed Elon a copy of the Second Editionof Build Your Own Electric Vehicle)
As I asked in the first and second editions, “Why should anyone buy, convert, or build an electric vehicle today?” How about zero tailpipe emissions and 100 percent torque at 0 rev/min? Also, electric vehicles are available in all price ranges. When I worked for the State of New York, I always used to say that electric cars were almost maintenance-free: They never require oil changes, new spark plugs, or any other regular repairs.
When a person would ask me to list all the great things about electric cars, they would start ...
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