A Guide to Electrify the Future: Converting Vehicles and Preparing Automotive Students for the Road Forward

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Resource Objectives

What can you expect from the downloaded guide:

  1. Insight from an electrification project in Calgary
  2. An outline and explanation of the key steps to convert an internal combustion engine vehicle to an electric vehicle in a high school setting and to install an EV charging station at a public high school
  3. The steps identified that are needed to prepare automotive programs at high school and post-secondary levels for the electric vehicle transition and key learnings from this process
  4. Provide resources and tools to create the first steps for student learning
Materials List

Safety Tools

  • Precision milliOhm meter
  • Insulated rescue hook
  • Orange safety pylons, stanchion and chains
  • Digital torque wrench
  • Insulated sockets and ratchets
  • Hydraulic crimper
  • Cutters
  • High voltage wire
  • Digital insulation multimeter
  • Insulated rubber gloves
  • Combustible metal fire extinguisher

Project Supplies

  • Internal combustion engine vehicle for conversion
  • Drive system
  • Contactor box
  • Battery system (including batteries)
  • Adapter plate (specific to vehicle type)
  • (Optional) Custom battery box
  • (Optional) CAN BUS kit
  • (Optional) Heater element
  • (Optional) Vehicle restoration supplies
  • Charging station

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Time: 1 Academic Year

This guide appears as a part of the following:
Clean Transportation Implementation Toolkit

This is a teacher recommended unit from Green Learning.

This guide from Green Learning provides the pathway of a yearlong automotive CTE Course where students are engaged in the conversion of internal combustion vehicles to electric vehicles and installing charging station infrastructure. Captured in the guide are processes, examples, outcomes, and learnings from several high schools implementing this work.

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