Friday, August 8, 2008

A day in the news

Being such a hot topic in the news with gas prices so high and the enviornment a top priorty, we had mass amount of news reporters at the class to interview us. Below are a few of the websites that have some of the stories. Just copy and paste these into a new page to watch the videos...

http://www.sandiego6.com/mediacenter/local.aspx (fast foward this one to about 8 minutes 10 seconds to catch the story)
http://www.cbs8.com/video/ (search under special assignment the title is Teachers Learn How To Run Cars On Electricity)

Friday, August 1, 2008

Week 1 Progress Report



On the first five days of the class we have been learning a lot and trying to get a lot done. We have pulled out the motor and tranny, pressure washed the car, tranny and plastics that came off the car, and most importantly learned all of the supplies that we needed to complete this project. We have also been able to network like crazy and learn who to help us, who to contact for supplies, and the associations we need to become a part of. The first step is getting an EV completed after choosing the car is to pull out the motor and the tranny (which is very hard and time consuming). Here are the photos from that conversion....