March 1, 2002

SwiftR: Making way for the half-shafts.

Grinding

February 15, 2002

The empty Garnet One battery box.

Empty battery box

February 15, 2002

1054 pounds of lead acid (478 kg) removed from Garnet One...

Batteries, batteries, batteries

February 2002

A Mazda Miata rear end pulled from a junkyard.
Parts of this will be used to build our rear-wheel drive.

Miata rear end

February 2002

The temporary testing site for our new controllers: found out we couldn't use the 12V coil contactors we had (need 48V coils).

Controller testing

February 2002

Dave disassembles the rear suspension.

Dave removes shocks

December 2001

Mr. Jim McKenna helps us get under the car on his lift.

Jim McKenna

December 2001

The Swift on a lift.

Swift on lift

November 2001

Simon Hauger of the West Philly High School EV/HEV team shows us the MTS motor controller on their Saturn EV conversion.

Simon with controller

November 2001

Linda, Dave, and Prof. Cheever check out West Philly's series hybrid jeep chassis.

We were considering using a motor/controller solution from MTS Automation, much like the one used on the jeep.

West Philly's EV Jeep chassis

November 2001

A visit to West Philly High School's spacious facility: the photo shows about a quarter of the space.

West Philly shop facility

October 2001

Swift with the rear seat removed.

Back seat removed

September 2001

Our newly renovated and expanded garage space.

Many thanks to Smitty and Tom Cochrane.

New garage!