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Bluebag Media
Kiwanis hears
'Powering the Future' from Auto Tech students
GREENVILLE – Complete with personalized business cards, a
tri-fold brochure, a Power Point presentation and a custom built
electric go-kart – not to mention a 2012 Chevy Volt parked outside –
three students from Greenville Career Tech Center’s Auto Technology
program shared their “Powering the Future” presentation to the
Greenville Kiwanis on Wednesday, Feb. 10 at Chestnut Village Center on
the campus of the Brethren Retirement Community.
The three students, Alyson Hardy, Bryan Flory and Jacob Mann were
accompanied by instructors Travis Nicholas and James Anderson. Their
presentation outlined the work auto technology students have been
completing on alternative fuels and the future of electric cars.
The students will once again make their presentation at state
competition in Columbus on April 26-27. From there they hope to travel
in June to Kentucky for national competition.
“You have to place first,” Nicholas said, at the state level to qualify
for nationals.
Those who saw the group’s presentation on Wednesday have no doubt the
students have a good chance for that trip to Kentucky.
Each student, equipped with their own wireless headset microphones,
gave part of a verbal presentation while explaining their research,
which includes points about electric grids, electric power, charging
stations, battery life, and the future of electric vehicles and their
impact on our society...
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