It's the last Car Club week before we unveil the Reding Electric Vehicle, and the excitement is building!
The members of Project REV are working to make final preparations as we near the unveiling date.
Just before final disassembly, students of Mr. Da Silva's SHSM Transportation program received a visit from Mr. Wayne Toth from Niagara College. He gave a wonderful and informative presentation on Electric Vehicle safety, which was of excellent relation to our own little EV build.
After Mr. Toth's presentation on the EV program at Niagara College, our students set out to disassemble the REV down to the frame. This allowed us to prep the frame for paint, as well as sand and stain the wooden panels of the REV to give it an antique touch.
Still feeling inspired by Mr. Toth, and desiring to add one more feature to the REV Project, grade 12 Construction students assisted the Transportation students in assembling and wiring up a drive-up solar charge station.
The 100 watt solar panel and controller will charge the REV when its batteries are low and prep it with free energy for its next drive!
A REV team member tested the charge station with a car battery and found it to be working very well in the sun. We will go through the process of isolating the four REV batteries out of series mode and into parallel mode so they can be safely charged by the solar charger.
The last picture we will share will be of the completed dashboard with all the REV's switches, before we reveal the completed project on Tuesday June 4th in the Bishop Reding Theatre.
Pics of the unveiling and participants will follow next week, and we can't wait for our principal Mr. Di Ianni to officially drive a lap around the theatre.
After the drive, we will take photos with everyone involved in Project REV, and wish to thank everyone who has supported us throughout the build!!!
Tune in next week, for the grand finale post of Project REV!
