6 day detailed agenda for Up Your Voltage!
(for those of you that need to know ahead of time what to expect)
Wednesday Night .. Reception at the Hotel ...Drinks and snacks
Thursday ...Day #1 8am to 5:30pm
- Breakfast at Hotel
- Introductions and orientation
- Electrical test
- Road test ACDC hybrid fleet
- Overview of Hybrids
- Lunch
- Battery Packs
- Inverters
- DC-DC converters
- Motor Drives
- Dinner@ 5:30pm
- Class continues after dinner if you failed the electrical test
- 1 1/2 hour electrical class for those that need it
Friday ...Day #2 8am to 5:30pm
- Breakfast at Hotel
- More Classroom training from the day before.
- Two types of CVTs explained
- 3 basic hybrid designs explained
- Lunch
- Electric power steering
- Brake-by-wire
- Electric A/C
- Other sub systems

- Dinner @ 5:30
- 8 - 10 Cigars, beer, wine (optional)
Saturday ...Day #3 8am to 7pm
- Breakfast at Hotel
- Drive Hybrids to Repair Shop
- 4 Teams of 4 each spend the day rotating through 4 work stations
- Station one is Honda Hybrid System
- Station two is VOLT
- Station three Toyota Hybrid Systems
- Station four is Ford Hybrid systems
- Lunch and Dinner catered
- Drive back in the ACDC Fleet
Sunday ... Day #4 8:30 am to 5pm
- Breakfast at Hotel
- Drive Hybrids back to Repair Shop
- 4 Teams of 4 each spend the day rotating through 4 work stations
- Lunch and Dinner catered
- Drive back in the ACDC Fleet for open evening
Monday ... Day #5 8 - 5
- Breakfast at the Hotel
- Classroom continues
- OEM specific info (includes tech tips):
- Honda specific info
- Toyota, Lexus specific info
- Lunch and field trip
- Nissan Specific Info
- Ford Specific info
- GM Specific info
- Mercedes, BMW
- Porsche, VW
- Hyundai
- More scan tool time
- Diner out at a great restaurant
Dinner at 6:30
Tuesday Day #6 8:00 am to noon
- Wrap up session
- Team reports / lessons
- Electric car class, Volt and Leaf
- Graduation at noon
- Box lunches and rides to the airport
Two weeks later you will receive in the mail
- Color Certificates
- Team Photos
- Evaluations