Comments on: Seattle’s Electric Car, Built in Washington State! http://www.seattleauto.net/seattle%e2%80%99s-electric-car-built-in-washington-state A Seattle car blog about autos, insurance, driving tips, and traffic in the rainy Northwest. Fri, 19 Feb 2010 22:00:20 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Grant http://www.seattleauto.net/seattle%e2%80%99s-electric-car-built-in-washington-state/comment-page-1#comment-58 Grant Fri, 12 Dec 2008 08:35:10 +0000 http://www.seattleauto.net/?p=365#comment-58 Thanks for the informative comment Robert. Didik has some interesting designs on his site. I think the biggest problem is that most people don't have the tools, time or capacity to build their own EV cars. I'd guess less than 10% of car owners change their own gas, let alone know how, so building a drive train mights be a bit difficult :) It would be cool though if it were modular enough that anyone with basic tools could do it though, wouldn't it? Thanks for the informative comment Robert. Didik has some interesting designs on his site.

I think the biggest problem is that most people don’t have the tools, time or capacity to build their own EV cars. I’d guess less than 10% of car owners change their own gas, let alone know how, so building a drive train mights be a bit difficult :) It would be cool though if it were modular enough that anyone with basic tools could do it though, wouldn’t it?

]]> By: Robert http://www.seattleauto.net/seattle%e2%80%99s-electric-car-built-in-washington-state/comment-page-1#comment-41 Robert Thu, 04 Dec 2008 22:54:38 +0000 http://www.seattleauto.net/?p=365#comment-41 Why not build your own electric car? A lot of information on how to build an electric car, including cost cutting measures and design tips, can be found on Frank Didik's website at: www.didik.com/didik_ev.htm. In particular, check out the section entitled "How to Build an Electric Car", "Didik Turtle or How to build a two person electric vehicle in 14 hours" and "Critical and accurate assessment of electric vehicles". He is the first to truly mention the pro's and con's of electric cars and an excellent history directory of electric cars, starting in the 1800's. Many years ago, Didik was the found of the Electric Car Society. Why not build your own electric car? A lot of information on how to build an electric car, including cost cutting measures and design tips, can be found on Frank Didik’s website at: http://www.didik.com/didik_ev.htm. In particular, check out the section entitled “How to Build an Electric Car”, “Didik Turtle or How to build a two person electric vehicle in 14 hours” and “Critical and accurate assessment of electric vehicles”. He is the first to truly mention the pro’s and con’s of electric cars and an excellent history directory of electric cars, starting in the 1800’s. Many years ago, Didik was the found of the Electric Car Society.

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