Electric Auto Shop

Thanks for tuning into our first Podcast of 2014. Mike and Alex talk about the latest progress of Electric Auto Shop. The recent introduction of a new ChassisLab AC course for students brought up a short discussion on the difference between AC and DC motors for electric cars. There is a video online that gives details about the new course curriculum. One theme that we kept coming back to was how Electric Auto Shop is inspiring students to learn about math and science, in addition to building more efficient cars. This seems to run against a trend reported in the news that the auto industry is concerned that the rate of U.S. auto sales to 18-to-34-year-old buyers declined to 11 percent in April 2012, down from 17 percent for the same age group in April 2007, before the recession, according to Southfield, Michigan-based R.L. Polk & Co. The fear is that financially pressed young people who connect online instead of in person could hold down peak auto demand by 2 million units each year. Obviously green te