90 days from now you could be driving your own electric car and saving yourself a wallet full of dollars in fuel costs into the bargain…

… with my step by step, simple to follow instructions and plans you could build your very own electric car using basic ‘Do it yourself’ skills.

Building anything let alone an electric car without a set of plans or some sort of basic instruction is a pretty daunting task. Dreaming the idea in your head is very different to creating it into a physical reality.

To design and built an electric car from idea to reality would take many months of research and drawing as well as a lot of trial and error. Even then you may well have abandoned your EV project car long before its completion. Garages across the world are full of abandoned projects or ideas. Few come to fruition or they just remain ideas in the head.

With my long experience of designing and building cars for racing and the road, and my concern on environmental issues, I decided I was going ‘drive electric’, so the JEFFREY EV1 was conceived. The design of this electric vehicle had to meet certain requirements especially if it was going to be built by others.

1. It must look good aesthetically.

2. It must look like a regular size car.

3. It must be capable of meeting the road traffic regulations in countries throughout the world.

4. It must be easy to construct.

5. It must have a range of at least 60 miles on one charge.

6. I must be able to achieve at least 50mph.

7. It must be able to be constructed by someone in his garage, with basic tools and average ‘do it yourself’ capabilities.

8. It must use as many standard, readily available parts as possible.

9. Finally it must be fairly cheap to construct. I have put an upper limit of $7500, but this can be even cheaper if reclaimed parts and materials used or scrounged.

WITH BASIC WOODWORKING SKILLS YOU COULD CONSTRUCT AND BE DRIVING YOUR VERY OWN ELECTRIC CAR. THIS IS AN IDEAL AND PRACTICAL CAR FOR THE COMMUTER, SHOPPER, STUDENT, SECOND CAR, OR A CAR JUST FOR FUN

THE JEFFREY EV1

The building of the JEFFREY EV1 electric car uses a very simple jig made up of two lengths of timber set on a flat and level floor. Some fabrication of sub-frames is required; a competent welding shop could make these up for you if you lack the skills or equipment to do it yourself. If you are a reasonably competent at ‘do it yourself’ the construction and assembly should not present any difficulties for you. Simplicity and ease of assembly has been the thinking behind the design of this electric car without sacrificing appearance.

The JEFFREY EV1 electric car is a monocoque two-seater, rear wheel drive with a simple drive train. It has independent suspension all round. Designed to look and feel like a conventional car. Designed to be built from scratch using readily available materials and standard parts wherever possible. Technical jargon has been kept to a minimum in the manual. Construction is a lot easier than you would imagine. If you have a reasonable competence in woodwork, you will have little difficulty in understanding the ‘simple to follow instructions’ that take you through every stage of construction with illustrations where necessary. The plans are clear and fully dimensioned in imperial and metric. If you do happen to run into trouble during the build you can get further help on this web site or by emailing me.

The JEFFREY EV1 is designed to be used as a practical commuter/shopping/second car/fun car and bears no relation to any other EV plans that I have seen been sold. Most of plans and kits I have seen being offered for sale have been for high school EV project cars, funny cars or experimental oddities.

Some of the many advantages associated with this car should be that it is very economically to run – 2cents a mile compare that to the cost of a mile on diesel or petrol. It will not have to be serviced or tuned every six months and can be charged up almost anywhere there is an electricity outlet. It also goes without saying that the more electric cars there are on the road, the better the provisions there will be for recharging. Two other important factors – it is quiet and it does not pollute the atmosphere.

My aim is to help you to built your electric car so that you can enjoy many of the benefits of owning your own electric car – besides helping you to save a wallet full of money on fuel costs. And just think of that great feeling of pride when you drive out with something that YOU have built.

Say goodbye to the garage!

If like me you are fed up with the ever spiralling costs of fuel, being high-jacked by governments, the big oil companies and reliance on unstable and unpredictable sources of fuel. You will have come to the same conclusion that I have, and that is that we cannot continue with things as they are - an alternative has to be found.

Wait a minute – the alternative has been there for over one and a half centuries and that is the electric car – it has had its followers over the decades and a lot of myths have grown up round it:

Its slow – not so. As recently as 1992 a Japanese (Satoru Sugiyama) set a record of 250mph with an electric car.

They do not have the range. The Nissan EV-4H truck achieved a phenomenal distance of 380 miles on one charge.

They are expensive to buy. Yes I agree that to buy new from the big manufacturers is expensive, as many of them have gone for the hybrid option because they have no faith in their product. The alternative is to build your own from a kit or set of plans.

This was why the JEFFREY EV1 was designed to meet the desire of those people who wanted to own and drive an electric car without it costing a fortune – why not make this your own EV project car.

• The JEFFREY EV1 can be built for less than $7500

• Can be built in the garage.

• Uses readily available parts and materials.

• Looks good and feels like a regular car to drive (and its quiet).

Just look at the advantages of the electric car over oil guzzling vehicles on the road today.

Lets face it the internal combustion engine has had its day, oil based fuels are not going to be cheap anymore! As the saying goes what goes around comes around and the electric car was around long before the internal combustion engine.

1. The electric car does not have any of the following: exhaust, fuel tank, radiator, pistons, gears, pumps, filters, expensive catalytic converters, gaskets which blow etc

2. An electric car does not drop oil on the garage floor

3. An electric car does not give off noxious fumes.

4. An electric car does not require to be serviced or re-tuned periodically

5. What’s more an electric car does not pollute the environment and is kinder to our kids.

These are some of the alternatives

You could go for Bio-fuels, but this will not be the answer in the long term – you are still going to be stung be the fuel companies and taxed by governments. Besides would you like to arrive home smelling of fried food. Bio-diesel is still only a short-term solution – a ‘band-aid’ patch.

You could buy an expensive ready-made electric car from one of the major manufacturers, that’s if you can get a pure electric car. Most of what is available are hybrids – again at a price.

You could go for a conversion to electric of your existing vehicle – it’s still a conversion and expensive at that!

With the amount of work involved in the removal of all the parts associated with the internal combustion engine and the subsequent replacement with electric components, you may have well started with building a car built for the purpose.

A further alternative is the ‘Hybrid’ far from getting the best of both systems you end up with the worst, with a massive weight penalty thrown in.

Or you could build a car that is designed specifically to do the job, such as the JEFFREY EV1. Power to weight ratio is very much a prime consideration in the design of an electric car.

The photograph below shows just some of the 100plus pages from the manual and drawings to give you the flavour of the project you will be buying into.

Designed by George Jeffrey

WHO IS GEORGE JEFFREY?
I am not surprised that you ask the question.

I am probably better known in Britain for having been responsible for the design and construction of several different sports and racing cars. My enthusiasm for building and construction of all types of transport covers not only cars, but aircraft and boats as well over the last thirty years.

At the age of sixteen my brother and I bought a Morgan 3 wheeler that had been involved in a crash, bending and twisting the chassis. We rebuilt this car with its twin JAP engine mounted on the front, much to the surprise of our parents who regarded it as a pile of junk! It didn’t take me long to learn how this car was constructed thus laying the foundation to the construction of my first racing car when I join the many illustrious constructors in the 750 motor club in Britain. I sold my first sets of plans and instructions for building a 750 formula racing car around this time going on to establish own my factory building sports and racing cars. As they say, since then everything is history.

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Constructing your own electric car not only gives you the freedom from having to rely on the petroleum companies but brings you into the company of others who have experienced the pleasure of owning and running their own electric car. Through this web site you will meet those others who share the same passion for cars using alternative energy systems. I can promise you there is a lot more to come.

THIS SITE IS NOW CLOSED OWING TO THE CONTINUED ILL HEALTH OF THE PROPRIETOR.

THE SITE AND THE PUBLISHING RIGHTS OF THE MANUAL PLUS THE UNFINISHED PROTOTYPE CAR ARE NOW UP FOR SALE.

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