I am interested in a from scratch build, and I have undergraduate level knowledge of EM physics and EE.Very folksy style, lots of preaching. I think the author could assume that anyone reading "Build Your Own Electric Vehicle" does not need to be informed about the benefits of driving an EV. The history of the electric car, and speculation about oil availability, also held no interest to me.The meat of the book is essentially a record of two EV builds. Useful, but I do not feel that I got a book's worth of instruction.I found the information about safety cutoffs in the circuits helpful, but did not enjoy the folksy, "gosh golly you'll be fried like a turkey" style (not a quotation from the book).