Plug in to Smart Transportation
Green Gears will be the first installer of Plugless Power inductive charging systems in Nissan Leaf and Chevy Volt vehicles. Green Gears will handle the vehicle technology adaptation while Sears will be the official installer of home electrical portion of the Plugless Power inductive chargers. See the Plugless Power website for more info. http://www.pluglesspower.com/newsroom/index.php [...]
Green Gears now offers customers and individuals a place to recharge for free. Were are in the Dogpatch neighborhood of San Francisco
Green Gears was contracted to do a PHEV conversion for renown car builder George Barris. The project was featured in a Japanese car magazine and generated significant interest from auto manufactures’ buying agents who want to buy Hymotion PHEV units for testing purposes. Japanese magazine “Prius” PHEV unit pictured in lower right. Vehicle details have [...]
The V2Green data logger is the most valuable tool available for fleet operators who want to pinpoint how to save on fuel costs. The antenna transmits data to a wireless router once the car comes back home to the fleet yard or shop. The same antenna also receives GPS satellite data that will allow the [...]
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Nick Rothman and Seth Bridges Head Engineer from V2Green work together to install a data logger and charge management system. We can monitor the vehicles in real time using a cellular communications link. This system allows utilities to control load on the electric grid by adjusting charge rate on PHEV vehicles. Eventually we will send [...]
Nick Rothman pictured installing a Hymotion Version 2 battery system in a Toyota Prius for University California Davis. Nick Rothman lead technician of Green Gears and Jim Strong the Service Manager of A123 systems Hymotion division work together on the installation of version 2 PHEV battery systems for UC Davis.
Here is a picture of Nick Rothman working on the Green Gears PHEV pack at Pat’s Garage in San Francisco. Freddy Ortanez a tech at Pat’s Garage and Lola the shop dog get ready to install a PHEV system. Pat Cadam of Pat’s Garage and Green Gears (pictured right) and Lizzy Ames discuss PHEV pack.
We can create a data link to the pack. We can see. -Realtime data -Set parameters -Review recorded data The data logger can store 2-4 gb of high resolution data files for review. This is a Ford Escape pack removed from the vehicle. This is an interesting pack. The blue straps seen on the sides [...]
The Green Gearhead
Nick Rothman, Chief Gearhead