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107, 2014

Hot Summer July Day

By Craig Van Batenburg|2014-07-01T10:00:14-04:00July 1st, 2014|

Charging up a Leaf and Volt It is a hot summer day in Worcester, Massachusetts. Good day for doing nothing. I had my first motorcycle ride this [...]

406, 2014

June 2014 …. Hybrid – EV Car Show at Church

By Craig Van Batenburg|2014-06-04T16:39:16-04:00June 4th, 2014|

Hybrid Cruise In May 31 was a great day for our Church. The parking lot was full of hybrid and electric cars; the youth group was washing and cleaning out [...]

3004, 2014

May 2014 Spanish Hybrids

By Craig Van Batenburg|2014-04-30T12:13:07-04:00April 30th, 2014|

April was a busy month for ACDC. Up Your Voltage 36, SAE Congress, NYC Auto Show and Puerto Rico. All in one month! So what did ACDC learn you might [...]

304, 2014

April 2014 … One more HEV for ACDC Classes

By Craig Van Batenburg|2014-04-03T00:03:55-04:00April 3rd, 2014|

ACDC now owns a pristine Toyota Highlander Hybrid, 2007. AWD is made with a Motor / Generator in the rear differential. No drive shaft, just 3 orange cables. [...]

303, 2014

March, Climate Control and Trains

By Craig Van Batenburg|2014-03-03T09:57:20-05:00March 3rd, 2014|

The first two months of 2014 I found myself in New Orleans, Grand Rapids (Michigan), Cincinnati and Cleveland (Ohio) and Montreal, and I noticed that when I bring up climate [...]

102, 2014

February and Holland

By Craig Van Batenburg|2014-02-01T12:54:47-05:00February 1st, 2014|

The state of training in America for working automotive technicians is a piece meal collection of night classes, convention short takes, webinars, streaming video and parts companies offering subsidized classes [...]

301, 2014

January 2014 and Electude

By Craig Van Batenburg|2014-01-03T19:46:45-05:00January 3rd, 2014|

It is cold and the snow is falling. Boston set a record for the coldest day on record. A new year is here and I find myself in Montreal at [...]

2412, 2013

December 2013 … Reasons for a great year

By Craig Van Batenburg|2013-12-24T14:14:56-05:00December 24th, 2013|

The first generation hybrids shown in the picture tell a story. December 2013 is the M/Y 2000 Silver Insight's 14th birthday. ACDC bought this Hybrid from a local dealership October [...]

2111, 2013

November is National Adoption Month

By Craig Van Batenburg|2013-11-21T10:29:04-05:00November 21st, 2013|

November is National Adoption Month and over 29,000 teenagers sit in foster homes believing no one cares and guess what, they are right. OK, they don't care enough. How much is enough? Enough to set aside your own life's ambitions and do something absolutely crazy. Adopt a teenager. That is how much. Nothing else will do, not your money or a visit at Christmas. Not an expensive present, not a lovely letter. These things are OK and thank God people do those acts but after being moved from home to home and everyone that ever helped them was getting paid it is hard to believe in love. The Beatles believed in love but foster teenagers don't. It is too painful for them.

110, 2013

October 2013 4 Stages of Business Growth

By Craig Van Batenburg|2013-10-01T11:11:51-04:00October 1st, 2013|

If you have been in this business for any length of time, most likely you have gone through some stages of growth. Businesses have a life of their own. They start small and grow up like kids do. Have you ever read your horoscope and it was right on the money? You wonder “How is that so?”

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