Our new batteries have arrived, and we have been working for the past week on installing a box to use that holds the batteries. We are going to be using 44 of these batteries in our Miata.
As of yesterday we recycled all of old lead acid batteries. In doing this we made $850 on them.
Yesterday the EV Team bought fire proof wood to be used in the new battery box for the Miata. We plan on cutting and installing the wood this week and next.
Mr. Tolberts Technology classes are getting a set of new computers. The old computers where several years old, and it will be nice to get the new ones so we will be able to run SolidWorks a lot faster.
New(ish) batteries in the golf cart!
At the end of last week the ev team took the old batteries out of the Miata to put them into the golf cart and GEM car. Even though these are used batteries they work amazing in the carts.
Mr. Mule brought his new Tesla model S to West yesterday. He gave people rides, and let our teacher, Mr. Tolbert, test drive it. It was an amazing event, and he told us he was planning on going to go to the EV Challenge.
This interview was taken last spring with Ryan Shumate.
One of the new projects the EV Team has embarked is to create a new battery box that will hold bigger batteries. Over the weekend Caleb built a cardboard version of what we hope to put in the Miata.