McMichael High School EV Conversion

Sunday, September 11, 2011

Electric Fox Live and Local on WGSR 47.1 Reidsville

McMichael EV team interviewed by WGSR 47.1 Reidsville at the Reidsville Cruise in on September 9th 2011.

On September 9th McMichael EV team headed back to Reidsville for the last Cruise in of Summer 2011. The Reidsville Cruise In is always a wonderful event, w/ lots of really cool rides from the 40's to showroom fresh. The Electric Fox is always a hit and we were able to distribute several of out new business cards (designed by EV team member, Tyler Haney).

From Left: Quintin Dickerson, Hunter Foulks, Debbie Moore (WGSR), Tyler Haney

The EV team has plans to return to Reidsville for the Homegrown Festival in October 2011!

Saturday, August 27, 2011

Melted terminal

McMichael EV team had a breakdown w/ our Electric Fox EV. After a short drive to visit a local sponsor the EV lost all power. Turns out that one of the 8V batteries in the trunk had melted a terminal. Not sure what happened but the terminal had completely melted and the 2/0 connector was making no contact. Luckily we had an extra 8v battery back at the shop and just did a simple replacement. Next week we will check all the terminals and look for problems.

Lucas, Adam, and Hunter replacing the battery w/ melted terminal. When working near 90+ volts always be extremely careful!

Adam w/ old battery

Job well done....ready to ride!

Hunter and Lucas packing up!

Back at school... now we need to check ALL connections!

Saturday, August 13, 2011

Eden Cruise in at Sonic - August 13th

McMichael EV team visited the Eden, NC. The cruise-in was one the best events of the summer. Luckily the heat broke today and the EV team didn't have to sit through hours of extreme 90+ heat. We arrived around 4:30 pm and chilled at Sonic off of NC HWY 14 till about 9:00pm. There were a good amount of cars and people, but a small shower led to some leaving. After 8:00pm a nice band played some great songs and many folks just took it easy as the sun went down. Overall this was one of the best shows!

The Electric fox fit right in at this car show.

Notice the new edge GT and '83 GT just to the left, and several '50s - '70s classic also!

A little rain never hurts a good car show!

Several of the folks that stopped and talked to the EV team noticed our great sponsors.

Thursday, July 28, 2011

Mustang Week 2011

The Electric Fox visited Mustang Week at Myrtle Beach. This was a great time at the best Mustang show in the US!!!! Hundreds of Mustang enthusiasts checked out the EV.

Electric Fox at Planet Hollywood during the mustang week meet and greet.

Getting ready to do a few laps at the Myrtle Beach Speedway. Check the video below.

Chilling at the Late Model Restoration trailer.

Monday, June 13, 2011

For his final exam our video editor, Graham, created this AWESOME vid to show off the build of our project and a little about the EV challenge. View the rest of our vids at http://www.youtube.com/user/mcmichelev

News & Record news article

On Sunday June 12th our electric fox was featured in our local newspaper, the News & Record. The article was very well written... thanks Brian Ewing (author). Many folks from the community were able to read about our project.

Check out the article here--> http://www.news-record.com/content/2011/06/10/article/rolling_out_electric_fox

Brian Ewing checking out our electric fox.

The Local Car Shows

Recently some of the members on our team took the electric car to the Madison and Reidsville Car shows to inform the community about electric vehicles and our project. While at the car show's our team was asked many questions about the workings of the vehicle. We almost always had people around our car checking it out. While at the Reidsville car show Hunter and Quinton were interviewed by the WGSR 47 News team.

Just before the Reidsville show we added a decal to our windshield with our website URL and installed our Fender Apron Covers from Scott Rod Fabrications.