The course is now open for registrations and space is filling up. Details for registration follows.
The course will run weekly from 7:00pm to 10:00pm starting Wednesday May 20, 2009 and wrap up on July 15, 2009.
The curriculum for the classroom course includes these broad topics:
Energy Environment
Regulations
Electricity
EV Basics
Batteries
Conversion Process
Driving and Maintenance
Advanced Topics
Instructors will use a combination of tools to deliver the course information, including for example whiteboard, handouts, videos, presentation slides, models, show-and-tell, etc.
Students will learn the Fundamentals of Electric Vehicles, from applicability to construction techniques and safety considerations. A hands-on workshop is planned for late summer, for which this classroom course is a prerequisite.
Location: Canadian Museum of Science and Technology, 1867 St Laurent Blvd, Ottawa.
Cost: $150 (a highly discounted “first-run” rate!)
Instructions for securing your place:
Mail a cheque for $50 (fully refundable - the remainder will be due at the first class) payable to:
“Electric Vehicle Council of Ottawa”
P.O.Box 4044
Station “E”
Ottawa, ON, Canada
K1S 5B1
please have them in by April 18, 2009. Your deposit will be held (not deposited) until the first class.
Priority is based on the date you were added to the course waiting list. (As the course fills up people at the top of the list will have priority over those at the bottom. A maximum of 30 students will be accepted. Your deposit is fully refundable and anyone who does not get an opportunity to take the course this time will have first priority for our next course).
To ask for your deposit back and cancel your spot in the course, please contact me directly.
This is the first time in recent years that EVCO will produce and deliver a course on Electric Vehicles. Some kinks are inevitable and will be worked out as the course progresses. Feedback will be sought from students and incorporated into the current course and future courses.
After reviewing several texts, the course instructors recommend the book “Build Your Own Electric Vehicle” by Bob Brant (recently updated in 2008). Purchase of this book is optional. It costs about $25-$35 at most stores/online. See the suggested readings page here:
http://evconversions.ca/manual/index.php/EVCO_EV_Conversion_Course_Manual/Suggested_Readings
Thanks for your interest. Looking forward to meeting you all.
Ron Rancourt
