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Green Gears at Hybridfest

greengearhead — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 09:45:56 +0000

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

www.greendriveexpo.com

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 Joins City College to Educate Automotive Technicians

greengearhead — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 22:28:45 +0000

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 converts 2 vehicles for Puget Sound Energy and Enterprise

greengearhead — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 23:44:00 +0000

Green Gears was contracted by Enterprise Rent a Car and Puget Sound Energy to bring two PHEV vehicles to the Seattle area. Both vehicles were equiped with advanced V2Green data loggers and will be part of an ongoing study managed by Idaho National Labs to test the performance of PHEVs

Nick Rothman prepares the battery system for installation into the Enterprise/Puget Sound Energy vehicle.

Pat Cadam attaches a wire harness in preparation for final assembly of the vehicle trim panels

Pat Cadam and Nick Rothman from Green Gears of San Francisco

greengearhead — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 02:24:00 +0000

Pat Cadam has led the charge toward innovations in transportation through Pat’s Garage, San Francisco’s premier auto mechanic shop for hybrid cars and trucks. The first to qualify as a Clean and Green business, Pat’s Garage works with the San Francisco Department of Public Health as a model for automotive repair businesses that want to adopt environmentally friendly practices. Pat’s Garage has been voted best car mechanic by the San Francisco Bay Guardian and its readers for the past three years running.

Nick Rothman coordinates installation and customer support for Hymotion, the leading manufacturer of plug-in lithium batteries for PHEV conversion. A former auto technician specializing in Prius repair and maintenance, Nicholas has authored instruction manuals and developed service procedures concerning all aspects of automotive care. A graduate of Lewis and Clark College with a degree in foreign languages, Nicholas speaks fluent Japanese and French, talents that come in handy when the Green Gears crew goes to fancy restaurants and can’t read the menus.

A New Shipment of Green Gears PHEV Systems are Delivered to Pat’s Garage San Francisco

greengearhead — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 02:17:00 +0000

We can easily move the crates into position for the installations.

Google and PG&E Escape PHEVs- Tech

greengearhead — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 02:04:00 +0000

We can create a data link to the pack.

We can see.

-Realtime data

-Set parameters

-Review recorded data

The data logger can store 2-4 gb of high resolution data files for review.

This is a Ford Escape pack removed from the vehicle. This is an interesting pack. The blue straps seen on the sides are for crash protection.

Central Vermont Public Service PHEV installation

greengearhead — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 07:36:00 +0000

Here a high voltage connection being made inside the Toyota battery. The precharge resistor, current sensor and contactors are visible. Proper saftey procedures are important. The oarange gloves are a precaution, no voltage is present at these connections.

This photo shows the graphics applied to differentiate this PHEV Prius from the other Prius in the CVPS fleet.

Hybrid Fest 7/07

greengearhead — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 06:58:00 +0000

Pat Cadam and Nick Rothman installed a PHEV system in front of an eager crowd at Hybrid Fest 07’ in Madison Wisconsin. This vehicle is Part of the Wisconsin Public Power Inc. (WPPI) vehicle fleet. We really enjoyed the enthusiasm of the hybrid owners at the show it was an exciting event.
This picture shows a bumper plug socket being bolted into place.

Pat Cadam of Pat’s Garage and Green Gears Inc. removes the protective film over the PHEV system graphics at the close of a live PHEV conversion at Hybrid Fest in Madison Wisconson