A charger that is mounted in your vehicle allows you to
charge anywhere at anytime, a real convenience.
Make sure that you choose a charger that can be adjusted to
whatever voltage you are running in your system. See if it lets
you control the rate of charge (both high and trickle). This
really helps.
Is it easily installed or removed if you decide to use it in
another vehicle? And it has to come with a cut out, or charge
controller device to shut off the charging process once your
batteries are charged. This is an absolute must if you are
going to maintain your batteries.
Battery and Charger websites
http://www.electricvehiclesusa.com/category_s/153.htm
http://www.canev.com/KitsComp/Components/Chargers.html
http://www.manzanitamicro.com/
http://www.metricmind.com/index1.htm
How Far will your Electric car go?
Calculating RangeThere are many factors involved in calculating the range of
your new electric vehicle. It would involve probably 100
pages more of formulas that we felt would detract from the
smooth flow of the project, so we have included only 2 links
to websites with calculator programs for figuring this out.