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Green Gears has exhibited at the Plug-in Conference since its inception in 2008. The Plug-in conference and trade show has been one of the leading venues for industry and manufacturers to meet and create new ventures and ideas.  Pat Cadam and Eric Powers of Green Drive Expo in front of Chevy Volt at Plug-in 2010 This photo is from a San Francisco Chronicle article that ran following Plug-in 2008.
Pat Cadam of Green Gears attended Hybridfest in Madison Wisconsin on 7/17/10. This will be our 5th time at Hybridfest, a great show for Hybrid and Alternative Fuel Vehicle drivers. This article was written about the show. Pat Cadam of Green Gears was interviewed and quoted in the article. http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/environment/article_8969532e-c65b-5d83-a9d5-b95adfd28ea9.html Pat Cadam of Green Gears and Chelsea Sexton of “Who Killed The Electric Car”
A GM EV1 restored by Glen Bower and University of Wisconsin
Pat Cadam and John Dolan of Smart Motors. Madison’s Hymotion Plug in conversion dealer. Smart Motors is a 100 year old dealership and pillar of the community in Madison.
Green Gears continues work on a new Hybrid and Plug-in Hybrid Course to be offered at the San Francisco City College Automotive Program.
Practical experience on actual vehicle components is key to learning proper hybrid maintenance techniques. A Toyota Prius High Voltage battery is disassembled and explained. Green Gears will now offer installation of Plug-in Hybrid systems in Colorado with Pro Auto Care of Denver Colorado, Littleton Colorado. The first event in Colorado was the Littleton Block party an event sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce.
Pat Cadam and Joe Hall of Green Gears and Al Oramas Founder of Pro Auto Care in Denver and Littleton Colorado
Green Gears will provide information and training to City College of San Francisco for a Hybrid and Plug in Hybrid vehicle repair course to be offered in 2011. Contract was signed on 4/27/10. Work will begin imediately. This project was funded by the Federal Economic Stimulus Bill through the Department of Energy and will provide training for individuals seeking employment in the Green Tech industry. The proposal to educate technicians on advanced electric vehicle technology drafted by San Francisco City College, De Anza Community College and Green Gears was the only education proposal to receive funding from the DOE and Economic Stimulus Bill in the state of California.
Brendan Cadam and Joe Hall of Green Gears explain the benefits of Plug-in Hybrid electric vehicles to attendees of the 2010 San Francisco Green Fest.  Photo by Daniel Furon Green Gears commissioned these custom color messenger bags from Rickshaw Bagworks, another local San Francisco Dogpatch neighborhood business. This commemorative built to order Zero bag is the result of a “less is more” product development combining minimalist design and localized sourcing and wasteless manufacturing. Contact us to buy your own special green and grey Green Gears medium sized “zero messenger” bag manufactured by Rickshaw Bagworks.
 Photo by Daniel Furon Pat Cadam and Nick Rothman of Green Gears traveled to Hawaii to convert Toyota Prius vehicles to Plug-in Electric Hybrids. Below Technicians and Engineers from Hawaiian Electric Company receive training on operating and maintaining PHEV battery systems in Honolulu Hawaii.
Pat Cadam of Green Gears installs a new Hymotion battery pack in a Toyota Prius at Hawaii Center for Advanced Transportation Technologies (HCATT).
Pat Cadam and Nick Rothman test a coulomb charge station installed in front of the offices of Maui Electric Company in Maui Hawaii. The wind turbine pictured at the right powers the charge station.
Victor Reyes director of the department of Environment of the County of Maui and Pat Cadam at Maui Highschool with the PHEV driven by the Mayor of Maui following completion of system update. A technical training session was held with shop teachers and students covering the basics of a PHEV conversion.
Pat Cadam , Nick Rothman and Jim Francfort of Idaho National Labs Stand in front of a PHEV Prius that was repaired on sight at Maui Electric Company.
Pat Cadam and Kelvin Kohatsu of Hawaiian Electric Light Company speak before work begins on two Prius Vehicles from the HELCO fleet to be converted to Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles.
Technicians from Rannikks Auto Specialists of Hilo Hawaii assisted in conversion of the two vehicles for HELCO of Hilo Hawaii
Pat Cadam of Green Gears stands with Gary Krysztopik and Craig Egan the San Antonio Texas Dealer/installer of Hymotion PHEV systems.
Pat Cadam of Green Gears and Marguerite Jones of Austin Energy stand in front of a Toyota Prius converted to PHEV by Green Gears for use in the Austin Energy vehicle fleet Steven Strong is an early solar designer who made headlines in the 70′s when he added solar panels to the White House under Jimmy Carter and more recently to Pac Bell park here in San Francisco. Steven has been a force in the solar industry from the begining. Green Gears helped Steve demonstrate how vehicles can interact with solar for the filmimg of a TV segment by Paul Steinbroner called Energy Rush TV. Steven Strong and Paul Steinbroner prepare for filming to begin
Green Gears Prius connected to solar carport in Vacaville, CA
Filming begins
California Department of General Services will convert about 70 Toyota Prius vehicles to PHEV. The procurement of over 70 PHEVs is the largest fleet conversion to date. Green Gears along with two other California auto shops will convert the fleet of Hybrid vehicles to PHEV in November 09.  Photo by Daniel Furon One of the original creators of email for mobile phones Satish Dharmaraj contracted renown car builder George Barris to create the most distinctive and modern Hybrid that money can buy. The finished vehicle is a show stopper. It also has in car wireless internet for surfing the web while you are driving around town.  Photo by Daniel Furon .  Photo by Daniel Furon Green Gears and City College of San Francisco will be colaborating on a federally funded education outreach program. The Project which is funded by a Federal stimulous package grant was the only proposal in the San Francisco Bay Area to recieve approval and funding. Thousands of proposals were reviewed and the 2 plus billion dollars of funding was divied up among a handful of inovative engineering, manufactoring and educational institutions. The Educational program designed by Green Gears and City College of San Francisco promisses to give automotive tech students an education based on real world experience, practices and polocies concerning hybrid and plug-in hybrid maintenance. As an inovator in Plug-in hybrid repair and conversion Green Gears is in a unique position to be able to offer students a practical hands on experience. Green Gears was an exhibitor in the following trade shows. San Francisco Haight Street Fair, Hybridfest – Green drive expo in Madison Wisconsin 7/09, Plug-in 09 in Long Beach CA from 8/o9. Alt Car expo in Santa Monica 10/09. Front page of the San Francisco Examiner
Nick Rothman of Green Gears delivers a finished PHEV to Sonoma county fleet drivers. This is one of many vehicles to be convereted by Green Gears for Sonoma County. A Television crew from the German equivalent of PBS filmed Brendan Cadam of Green Gears installing a Lithium battery system into a Toyota Prius. The television segment will be uploaded to this sight when available.
Green Gears presents hands on lectures on PHEV technology. Schools that have participated include Austin Community College, Maui High school and San Diego Community College. Green Gears has also contributed to the ciriculum of San Francisco City College.  Nick Rothman describes the Hymotion battery system to Automotive Technology teachers at Austin Community College One of the more curious students at ACC sticks around to ask more questions about Hybrid Vehicle technology after the class ends  A Maui High school instructor asks Brendan Cadam a question about PHEV Technology
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The First pilot two day course was held at Pat’s Garage and taught be Mr. Jack Rosebro of Perfect Sky .
