Pat Cadam and Joe Hall of Green Gears and Al Oramas Founder of Pro Auto Care in Denver [...]]]> 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

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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 [...]]]> 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

Photo by [...]]]> 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

Jim Woolsey surprised many critics by becoming a strong advocate of Alternative fuel vehicles. He has sited importing oil as our formost national security issue. Green Gears Inc. keeps his PLug-in Hybrid Prius updated and also performs regular service on [...]]]>

Pat Cadam and Nick Rothman of Green Gears inc. with Jim Woolsey

Jim Woolsey surprised many critics by becoming a strong advocate of Alternative fuel vehicles. He has sited importing oil as our formost national security issue. Green Gears Inc. keeps his PLug-in Hybrid Prius updated and also performs regular service on the vehicle.

Pat Cadam, Nick Rothman and Brendan Cadam of Green Gears traveled  to Oahu and Maui to convert 6 hybrid vehicles to PHEV drivetrain and train high school automotive technicians in training how to work with advanced battery systems. The six vehicles will be used by local electric utilities , universities and government offices. The following pictures were [...]]]>

Pat Cadam, Nick Rothman and Brendan Cadam of Green Gears traveled  to Oahu and Maui to convert 6 hybrid vehicles to PHEV drivetrain and train high school automotive technicians in training how to work with advanced battery systems.
The six vehicles will be used by local electric utilities , universities and government offices. The following pictures were printed in the Hawaii Star Bulletin newspaper.

The program was funded by Idaho National Labs and is part of a research project involving over 100 PHEV vehicles. The vehicles are monitored using V2Green cellular data loggers also installed and calibrated by Green Gears.
Click here to see the complete Star Bulliten Article.

Nick Rothman of Green Gears

Brendan Cadam works as Nick Rothman and Pat Cadam lecture Maui high school automotive technicians in training.

Pat Cadam and Gavin Newsom pose for a photo in front of one of the three vehicles [...]]]> Mayor Gavin Newsom announced the San Francisco has added 3 PHEVs to the vehicle fleet. The Mayor made a very compelling speech about the importance of switching to electricity as an alternative to gasoline for social, economic and environmental reasons.

Pat Cadam and Gavin Newsom pose for a photo in front of one of the three vehicles converted to PHEV by Green Gears and Pat’s Garage.

Nick Rothman talks with Jack Broadbent the Executive Officer of the Bay Area Air Quality Managment District.

Installation of the PHEV systems in two of three vehicles

PHEV (Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle) technology adds to the efficiency [...]]]>
John Peters of Pat’s Garage and Green Gears is in the process of installing one of San Francisco City and County’s PHEV systems.

PHEV (Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle) technology adds to the efficiency of regular hybrid-electric vehicles and minimizes your carbon footprint. Lithium-ion batteries in the rear of the vehicle store electricity that feeds an electric motor. When the batteries are depleted, the factory hybrid system simply kicks into operation. On shorter trips, a vehicle may never employ its combustion engine at all.