Plug in to Smart Transportation
Green Gears in a partnership with Pro Auto Care of Denver Colorado is now offering Plug-in Hybrid conversions in the Denver Area. Channel 7 Denver did a very informative story on the benefits of converting a Prius to a Plug-in Hybrid. Click on the link below then on the video window to see the story. [...]
Pat Cadam of Green Gears stands with Gary Krysztopik and Craig Egan the San Antonio Texas Dealer/installer of Hymotion PHEV systems. Pat Cadam of Green Gears and Marguerite Jones of Austin Energy stand in front of a Toyota Prius converted to PHEV by Green Gears for use in the Austin Energy vehicle fleet
California Department of General Services will convert about 70 Toyota Prius vehicles to PHEV. The procurement of over 70 PHEVs is the largest fleet conversion to date. Green Gears along with two other California auto shops will convert the fleet of Hybrid vehicles to PHEV in November 09. Photo by Daniel Furon
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Pat Cadam and Nick Rothman of Green Gears inc. with Jim Woolsey Jim Woolsey surprised many critics by becoming a strong advocate of Alternative fuel vehicles. He has sited importing oil as our formost national security issue. Green Gears Inc. keeps his PLug-in Hybrid Prius updated and also performs regular service on the vehicle.
Nick Rothman of Green Gears and Pat Cadam of Green Gears and Pat’s Garage pictured at the 2008 San Francisco International Auto Show. We installed a PHEV battery live to help educate the show attendees about the fuel savings and environmental benefits of using a Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle (PHEV). A video was shot before [...]
Installation of three PHEV systems for Los Angeles Water and Power was filmed by Matt Kelly of The Next GearPodcast , a podcast that focuses on cutting edge transportation technology. LA County Water and Power’s EV tech Ron assisted the Green Gears team during the installation of three PHEV systems. This is one of the [...]
Pat Cadam and Nick Rothman of Pats Garage and Green Gears converted two vehicles to Plug-in Hybrid for Wisconsin Public Power Institute. WPPI is a large public utility that distributes power to other smaller utilities in the area. This picture is of Pat Cadam and Nick Rothman with Kelly and Anne Rodriguez of WPPI after [...]
Green Gears installed advanced Plug-in Hybrid retrofit battery systems manufactured by A123 systems and advanced cellular data loggers manufactured by Grid Point into a small fleet of Toyota Prius vehicles for University of California Davis. The specially modified vehicle will be used in a driver behavior study by UC Davis and AAA auto club San Francisco Chronicle [...]
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