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In a new lab at the Toledo College of Technical Engineering in Ohio, public high school students are assembling electric cars from scratch.
Kubiak: “Our students will be high school graduates with experience in learning and even building electric vehicles, and will be ahead of the competition.”
Lecturer Laura Kubiak said the Electric Vehicle Lab has seven car lifts, an electric vehicle fleet, and classrooms, and students learn everything from how electricity works to problem-solving and engineering skills.
Kubiak: “We actually have solar panels on the roof of our electric vehicle lab. So how cool is it to think we can charge electric vehicles with clean energy? So kids start thinking about … how the use of electric vehicles can reduce emissions.”
Students can earn national certifications to help them find jobs in the evolving electric vehicle industry.
But Kubiak said the program will give them a leg even if they don't end up working with electric cars.
Kubiak: “I feel my students may be overwhelming…because they will have technical skills and background in environmental studies to really start solving problems.”
Report Credit: Ethan Freedman/Chavobart Digital Media
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