Zoomers: You’re Invited To Shape The Future Of Mobility!
Youth work in teams on innovative solutions that align with the Sustainable Development Goals from the UN for a more viable future of mobility.
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A core part of the Battery Workforce Challenge is an advanced battery design and development student competition that invites universities and vocational schools to design, build, test and integrate an advanced EV battery into a future Stellantis vehicle. (Image by Argonne National Laboratory.)
The US Department of Energy & Stellantis Announce The Battery Workforce Challenge
Advanced battery design competition will help nation transition to electric mobility and clean energy BattChallenge is a three-year competition joining universities with vocational partners, such as community colleges, trades and apprenticeship programs, to design, build, test and integrate an advanced EV battery into a future Stellantis vehicle. The U.S. Department … [continued]
Show ‘N Tell For Renewables — Fun Learning For Kids (& Their Teachers & Parents)
Kids are sponges when it comes to learning about renewable energy, and hands-on, experiential activities are fun ways to make zero emissions living tangible.
ComEd’s Got A Cool EV Racing Summer Event For Young Women Coming Up
ComEd, short for Commonwealth Edison Company, is the largest electric utility in Illinois and one of the largest in the United States. The company was founded in 1907 and has been providing reliable energy services to customers for over a century. ComEd’s service area covers most of northern Illinois, including … [continued]
Climate Change Education Gains Momentum In Public Schools
Hardly half of the states have adopted climate change standards. Other states may not even mention the human causes of the climate crisis, and a few even promote false misinformation about it.
Some Chicago Area Teens Will Learn To Drive With An EV, Thanks To Grants From…
It’s kind of fun to think about how future kids might not know anything about gas-powered cars. When they become the norm, and kids didn’t ride in them growing up, didn’t learn to drive on gas, and didn’t generally know that world at all, things for them might be the … [continued]
Motor Traders Association of Queensland Trains Mechanics for New EV Era
The Motor Traders Association of Queensland (MTAQ) is the peak body representing over 1500 businesses across Queensland. I spoke recently with Rod Camm Group Chief Executive about the challenges and opportunities for Australia and particularly automotive workers in this time of transition to electric vehicles. Rod is from the skills … [continued]
Priming the Next Generation of EV Engineers
Placing a display of year 6 (12 year old) school students between the Janus battery electric truck and the university electric car racing team at the Noosa EV expo was pure genius. The students as the next generation of drivers demonstrated their school project with remote-controlled cars and battery swapping, … [continued]
Clean Technology Activities Can Be A Small Part Of The Solution To School Violence
Like all of our readers, I’m pretty sad right now, and that’s an understatement. The horrible mix of emotions that comes with hearing about what happened in Uvalde, Texas is indescribable, but I don’t have to describe it because you’re experiencing it too. I’m not going to comment here on … [continued]
Girls Go Electric — The QUTE Project
Ninety-year-old Queenwood School is not what you would expect from a girls school on the North Shore of Sydney, Australia. The school has an active STEM program (Science Technology Engineering and Maths), called Advanced Technologies and Engineering (ATE). With enthusiastic support from the principal, Queenwood is involved with solar racing, … [continued]
