In the news. Morning show on WECT TV6 and Fox 26

We had an excellent opportunity to be featured on the morning show on WECT TV6 and Fox 26 today.  We had to be at the school at 4:30 for the live feed on location.  All of the students were there and the reporter, Claire Hosmann, loved working with the EV 11 class.  Were were live for an hour and a half where we would be interviewed every 20 minutes.  All of the students were well spoken thus representing the program with class.

Lithiums have arrived!!

Finally, we took delivery of 49 ThunderSky 100Ah Lithium cells.  We will soon be installing them into the MR2 and replacing the ols, nasty lead acid batteries.  Hello future!  We should drop about 700 pounds in the switch and have a real electric car finally.

Food Lion Hot Dog Fundraiser

We spent a cold and blustery day at the Hampstead Food Lion Saturday selling hot dogs and raffle tickets.  We did not sell too many dogs, but we had a good time and made over $200 total including ticket sales.  Every little bit helps, and the $200 puts us that much closer to ordering our Lithium batteries!

2010 NEAT EV Rally Champions!

After two days of competitions, the THS EV11 Team came out victorious.  Capturing first place overall and 10 other trophies made the event our most sucessful ever.  Here were our team results:
First Overall Champion
First, Autocross- Truck class: Joseph Graves
First, Acceleration- Modified class: Tony Capace
First, Acceleration- Truck class: Kevin Mullins
First, Troubleshooting- Stephen Henderson, Sean Bullock
Second, Autocross- Modified class: Sean Bullock
Second, Pit Crew- Alexis Demetrious, Joey Godfrey, Zeke Hartner, Joseph Graves
Second, Jeopardy Challenge: Alexis Demetrious, Sal Castoro
Second, Poster Presentation: Chris Raynor, Sal Castoro

Second, Range- Modified class: Joey Godfrey, Tony Capace
Second, Range- Truck class: Todd Lemaster, Alexis Demetrious

Preparing for the N.E.A.T. EV Rally

This week, our main focus is to prepare for the Northampton East Automotive Team 14th annual EV Rally in Roanoke Rapids, NC.  This year we have a unique opportunity to participate in the rally at the new NCCAR facility.  This state of the art vehicle testing site will offer a much improved location compared to years past.  We are practicing for Pit Crew, Jeopardy challenge, Range, Autocross, Acceleration, Presentations and Troubleshooting.  Our goal is to be competitive.  We are really looking forward to the event.

Family Movie Night Fundraiser

Friday night, we held the first ever community family movie night in the Topsail High School auditorium.  After buying the rights for a one time showing of Toy Story 3, advertising the event to the three local elementary schools, we had 115 people in the audience to enjoy the movie.  We sold popcorn, candy and water to help raise money for our program.  Admission was free, but we asked for a suggested donation of $3.  Everyone had a great time and the EV11 team worked hard to make the event a success.  The movie night brought in $300 and was a great learning experience for our team.  We will take what we learned and definitely have another movie night.  Thanks to Mr. Jeffcoat for running the projector and sound system.

Hampstead Kiwanis presentation

Our EV Team had an opportunity to present our program and fundraising initiative to the Hampstead Kiwanis club early this morning.  If the picture looks dark, it is because the sun had not yet risen! We were the featured guest and a wonderful breakfast was provided by Sawmill Grill.  Sean and Stephen spoke to the group with a prepared speech and then opened the floor for questions.  The Kiwanians were very impressed and had excellent questions that continued when they viewed the Ranger and MR2 outside after the meeting adjourned.  We were able to sell our raffle tickets after the presentation.  With over 25 tickets sold, the meeting was prosperous for our fundraising as well as community awareness of our EV program