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3108, 2013

September 2013 Up Your Voltage to stay put

By Craig Van Batenburg|2013-08-31T21:57:25-04:00August 31st, 2013|

“Up Your Voltage!” has been a real blessing for ACDC. It has allowed us to experiment, learn, enjoy the company of over 500 people and move the class to over six sites in the seven years we have been offering “Up Your Voltage (UYV)”. Number 35 is coming up soon and as we look back, here is my reflection and some behind the scene stories. Read more.............

208, 2013

August 2013 EVSE

By Craig Van Batenburg|2013-08-02T00:23:31-04:00August 2nd, 2013|

EVSE or the Grid Charger Charging Station at every Ford Dealership. What about you? Do you want to be understood or do you want to be right? The [...]

107, 2013

July 2013 High School

By Craig Van Batenburg|2013-07-01T10:47:22-04:00July 1st, 2013|

Is a high school diploma enough to succeed as a tech these days? I am talking about the advice you give a 17 year old. Many of us older techs have a high school diploma. Do we have a college degree? Not many. Do you need one to be successful? Let’s define success. That is worthy of a few sentences. Webster defines success as: “Favorable accomplishment or prosperity”. The successful techs I know won’t say they are successful; most are modest about their achievements. Most feel prosperity hasn’t been reached yet. Are you successful? Read more......

606, 2013

June 2013 ACDC buys a Leaf

By Craig Van Batenburg|2013-06-06T21:09:23-04:00June 6th, 2013|

n May of 2013 ACDC was learning more about the Nissan Leaf as we bought a used 2011 with about 4k miles to use in class. This was new for all of us and 16 lucky Dutchmen had the first crack at it. It took a little getting used to as everyone wanted to see “what it would do”.

3004, 2013

May 2013 A Big Thank You!

By Craig Van Batenburg|2013-04-30T23:16:59-04:00April 30th, 2013|

Darcy (My Sister and Editor) and I have just finished the 2013 Edition of the ACDC “Understanding HEV and EV Service and Technology” book. 360 pages and 6 months of work. I have the only copy on my desk and “Up Your Voltage! 32″ starts today, May1.

3103, 2013

April 2013 Losing Someone

By Craig Van Batenburg|2013-03-31T19:59:36-04:00March 31st, 2013|

Losing someone ... I wrote this in 2008 and looked it up recently to maybe re-use it for a class. It was worth re-reading for me and I hope you as well.

503, 2013

March 2013 Earth Day and beards

By Craig Van Batenburg|2013-03-05T21:32:34-05:00March 5th, 2013|

It is 2013 and I am still preaching the same thing. It is always good to reflect after a busy time. ACDC has been on the move again. Up Your Voltage 31 was a huge success in N.C.

3101, 2013

February 2013

By Craig Van Batenburg|2013-01-31T22:58:48-05:00January 31st, 2013|

In 1998 I embarked on one more step in my career and opened a training center across the street from my auto repair shop. This was a huge step for me as I look back.

101, 2013

January 2013 … Happy New Year!!

By Craig Van Batenburg|2013-01-01T11:09:10-05:00January 1st, 2013|

Art and old Caddilacs Welcome to a new year. I spent the entire month of December at my home is Worcester, Massachusetts. Both of my sons, Mike [...]

112, 2012

December 2012

By Craig Van Batenburg|2012-12-01T09:49:53-05:00December 1st, 2012|

December is always a reflective month for me. It is my and Deb’s Birthday, it is 35 years ago this month that I opened my very own business, Van Batenburg’s [...]

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