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 [...]

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 [...]

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. [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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.

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?”

“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.............