Cooper, Joyce. Project 1 Part A: CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT FOR THE ELECTRIC CEHICLE PROJECTS. Retrieved October 26, 2004, from University of Washington, Mechanical Engineering Department website: http://faculty.washington.edu/cooperjs/Education/ME395/Project1A.htm

Schenck, R. (2004, October 14). Lecture presented in Mechanical Engineering 395. University of Washington, Seattle, Washington.

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Deep Cycle Batteries - Calculation Worksheet. (1998). Retrieved October 25, 2004, from http://www.cyb.com.au/automotive/prod_info/deepcycle_calc.htm.

Batteriesareus - Optima Batteries. (2004). Retrieved October 25, 2004, from http://www.batteriesareus.com/index.htm/optima-specs.

As noted above, we did look at sites that were useful, although we did not actually use any information, the list of those sites is as follows:

Ford Ranger Electric Vehicle. (2002). Retrieved October 25, 2004, from http://www.herelectricvehicle.com/fordranger.html.

Ford Ranger Electric Vehicle. (2001). Retrieved October 25, 2004, from http://www.autoworld.com/news/Ford/Ranger_Electric.htm.

Electric Vehicle. Retrieved October 25, 2004, from http://www.brainyencyclopedia.com/encyclopedia/e/el/electric_vehicle.html.

The History of Electric Vehicles. (2004). Retrieved October 25, 2004, from http://inventors.about.com/library/weekly/aacarselectric2a.htm.

Valvoline - Electric Vehicle Overview. (2004). Retrieved October 25, 2004, from http://www.valvoline.com/carcare/articleviewer.asp?pg=dsm20011001af.

October Ford Global News. (1997). Retrieved October 25, 2004, from http://www.autoweb.com.au/cms/A_50153/newsarticle.html.

Electric Vehicle Performance and Battery Cost Comparison. Retrieved October 25, 2004, from http://www.electricauto.com/hist_comp_01.html.