One of the major challenge faced by many car owners is rising fuel cost. Driving and internal combustion engine driven vehicle and refueling it has become an expensive ordeal. The situation is made worst by the uncertainty of crude oil supply from the Middle East. Anytime there is a disruption in the supply, gasoline prices at the local pump station will shoot through the roof. How do we remove our dependency on fossil fuel? One solution is to adopt an alternative eneryg source for our cars. Hence the concept of electric vehicle (EV) for the masses is very attractive.

Unfortunately, a pure electric vehicle are not available for the masses yet. Most car manufacturers are producing hybrids models. Hybrids cars still uses a derivative of fossil energy. What we want is a car that utilize pure electricity.

One option of owning an EV is to send your gasoline guzzler to a professional workshop and has it retrofitted with an electric motor. Unfortunately, doing that may cost you US8000 and above. Most people would not be able to afford that investment. An alternative is to build your own electric car via a Do It Yourself (DIY) project from your home garage.

To implement a DIY electric car retrofitting project from home, first, you have to understand the science of EV. There are many electric car conversion guides available on the web. All you have to do is to a query on the search engine and purchase one for your reference.