ACDC is very busy now after a quiet time
As I look back at my life as a tech, shop owner and now a hybrid / EV training provider, the changes in technology, both the vehicle and information was [...]
When the Industry Goes All-Electric Spring of 2021 Blog
The writing’s on the wall for the internal combustion engine. Here’s what the future could look like, through the crystal ball of an EV/hybrid expert. March 20, 2018 By Craig [...]
February 2021 A Cult Car the Original Honda Insight
The original Honda Insight has a “cult” like following. How did this odd looking hybrid attract so many fans? Honda introduced the first hybrid to America in December 1999. It [...]
2020 … a look back at our Industry and Covid-19 January 2021 Blog
How do you experience 2020? ACDC is a very international business, but most of our business in 2020 was in the States as travel restrictions stopped travel, for good reasons [...]
December 20 .. My Lucky Day Craig’s Blog 2020
On December 20, 1977 Van Batenburg’s Garage opened up for business. It was warm for that time of year in Massachusetts. The shop I worked at all summer has closed [...]
Fall 2020 Covid19 , the US election and in person classes
The US election is over, Covid 19 is out of control and has ACDC suspended our in-person classes until February. Great ending to a very weird year. For those of [...]
Summer of 2020 Corona Virus … Covid 19
ACDC has re-open for live classes ACDC is playing it safe when it comes to Covid 19. We are limiting classes to 4 students and not using hotels or restaurants. [...]
June 2020 Civil Unrest
Civil Unrest There is another virus in America and other countries as well. If a Democracy was started while slavery was part of that beginning, racism is still a part [...]
Joe Bolger and the local Honda Motorcycle Shop .. Blog May 2020
I was a motorcycle mechanic before I was paid to fix cars. In 1972 Honda came out with the Civic and once I was trained by Honda on this little [...]
A word of en”Courage”ment April 2020
As a former shop owner turned hybrid / electric car trainer, this pandemic is the most disruptive event I have lived through. I have lived close to seven decades on this [...]