Showing how to build your own electric car. In this segment, we take a look at the basics of how DC motors work. This video is an excerpt from the instructional .\r<br>\r<br> Showing how to build an electric car, we continue looking at how a DC motor works. This is an excerpt from BUILD YOUR OWN ELECTRIC .\r<br>\r<br>Sections of video from my BUILD YOUR OWN ELECTRIC CAR: CHEAP instructional DVD, available from 300MPG.org.\r<br>\r<br>\r<br>\r<br>Paul Holmes of the Open ReVolt project teaches you how to build your own open source motor controller for an electric car.