ICE Free: Electric vehicle technology for builders and converters Paperback – February 22, 2012

Great book for getting an all around idea on converting a vehicle to electric, really specific on some parts, it's great for having a clear image on what's ahead for the DIY converter.

Great read for any DIYer who wants to convert his/her vehicle to electric.

Very well written and easy to follow. Gives a great explanation of the science behind electric vehicles.

I was disappointed in this book mainly because it was not really a how to, what's available, how can I do it for the least cost book. It failed to rate battery systems, or to take into account successful applications of fifty-sixty years ago, like the UPS fleet and Glasgow garbage trucks.

John Hardy’s Ice Free is thorough and well managed book that I personally used innumerable times around the EVTV (electric Vehicle television) studio and shop keeping up with that wiley rascal Jack Rickard.Amps-volts-murphy’s law voltage variation discharge, all confusing jargon to a hot rod truck guy, Ice Free’s common sense technical conversion helped me immensely as the leds dimly went off in my formally Ice brain. Ice Free is my personally and long used sustainable energy guidebook, and everyone should read to grasp the future of energy.Richard Flentge Former Co-Host Electric Vehicle Televsion

John has done a great job with this book, covering the majority of topics one needs to know about to convert a car to an EV. Many photos of peoples' project cars are extremely helpful. In addition to the topic of EVs, John also touches on other alternative fuels and propulsion systems for vehicles. I highly recommend the book for anyone considering converting a car to an EV, or if you want to learn a lot more about EVs in general.

I purchased "Ice Free" and it arrived as promised and in "New" condition. I have read it thru once and I plan on reading it several more times. It provides explanation of electric car theory. Some of the illustrations are reminiscent of textbooks from the 1950's but the other photos are of current quality. Electric car fundamentals haven't changed much with a few additions for "Semiconductors" and new Battery Chemistries which have been added. A lot of the information was historical, and the sales description intimated that it would demonstrate an actual conversion from gas to electric but, it does not, it is an excellent companion piece to a conversion manual and belongs in every EV owner's library, and of course it is in mine.

"ICE Free" provides a clear and unambiguous narrative introduction to the entire field of electric vehicles and EV conversion. This is not a hardcore textbook or a book that only engineering geeks will understand: Hardy's writing style is fresh and personable, his charts and illustrations informative, and he's even created videos on YouTube to further explain some of the concepts.