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316 Indexbuying an EV. See purchasing an EVCcable gauge wire, 226Café Electric LLC, 299CAFE (Corporate Average Fuel Economy)standards, 18, 53California Air Resources Board (CARB),10–13, 63–65, 308California Electric Cars, 289California Energy Commission, 308California environment/transportationagencies, 288California Fuel Cell Partnership, 310California regulations, 63–65CALSTART, 58, 60Camissa, Mike, 15Canadian Electric Vehicles, Ltd., 295Canadian Environment IndustryAssociation (CEIA), 311capacitor-start designs, 150car companies, 1, 2, 16, 23, 40car manuals, 130, 236, 303CARB (California Air Resources Board),10–13, 63–65, 308cars. See also automobiles; EVs; vehiclesaerodynamic designs, 104, 108compact, 47as conversions, 81–84, 86, 87converting to electric vehicles, 3–7growth in registrations after WWII,43–44steam engine, 33, 34CEIA (Canadian Environment IndustryAssociation), 311cell voltage, 209Change of Pace vehicles, 52chargers. See battery chargerscharging batteries. See battery chargingcharging connector/plug, 256, 259, 260, 276chassis, 119–131checklist for, 130choosing, 86–87, 95–96cleaning, 237considerations, 86–87conversion process, 89, 234–238draining fluids, 237, 238drivetrain components, 112–119, 130,275finding deals, 128–129flowchart, 97late-model vehicles, 96, 129–130manuals for, 130, 236measuring, 237new vs. used, 234–235overview, 119preparing, 237purchasing, 127–131, 234–235purchasing parts for, 236recommendations for, 79removing parts, 237–238rolling resistance, 109, 112, 130streamlined design, 95, 104–109, 108tires, 109–111, 275weight, 86–87, 98–104, 130Chernobyl nuclear accident, 55Chevron, 39, 48Chevy S-10 trucks, 85, 230Chezar, Bart, xviichopper control, 163Chrysler, 48, 51, 215Chrysler, Walter, 40Chrysler Epic van, 62, 63Chrysler TEVan, 62Chrysler/GE, 48Churchill, Winston, 40circuit breaker, 219, 249–250, 263CitiCars, 48, 49city electric vehicle, 76Clean Air Act of 1968, 53Clean Air Transport of North America, 289Clooney, George, 154, 156Cloud Electric Vehicles Battery PoweredSystems, 289clubs, 277–286clutch, 113, 116, 118, 240, 273coal, 38, 43coasting, 273, 274Cocconi, Alan, 171–172coils, 138–139community-related electric vehicle sites,308–309