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How Much Do Muscle Cars & Teslas Have In Common? 1280 720 Peter van Gorder

How Much Do Muscle Cars & Teslas Have In Common?

Photo by capitalstreet_fx06 on Pixabay Muscle cars are a big part of the American love for cars. “Popping the hood” to see powerful engines underneath…

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Electric Vehicles: A Prediction For The Next 10 Years 900 600 Peter van Gorder

Electric Vehicles: A Prediction For The Next 10 Years

The world is just beginning to feel the effects of Global warming. While many are still in denial, the science is irrefutable. The radical weather…

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Three Ways The Switch Lab Inspires Leadership 1416 794 Peter van Gorder

Three Ways The Switch Lab Inspires Leadership

Electric Vehicles are the future of automotive technical training Switch Vehicles allows hands-on training with cutting-edge technology. Many STEM programs seek out our Electric Vehicle…

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How The Global Pandemic Accelerated STEM Enrollment 900 600 Peter van Gorder

How The Global Pandemic Accelerated STEM Enrollment

As we prepare to launch a new series of Switch Lab Seminars Workshops, current events remind us that these are exciting times and that we’re…

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Career Technical Education In The U.S. 150 150 Peter van Gorder

Career Technical Education In The U.S.

Introduction Career technical education (CTE) refers to the practice of teaching skill-based careers to students at various levels of schooling (Rabren et al., 2014). CTE…

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Gender Equity & The Switch Lab: Why Parents Love Our Program 150 150 Peter van Gorder

Gender Equity & The Switch Lab: Why Parents Love Our Program

An invitation Our world is growing up and opening its eyes to kids who have previously been overlooked for tutelage in renewable energy technology. The…

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What Makes A Great STEM Program? 225 300 Peter van Gorder

What Makes A Great STEM Program?

For our June blog, we want to introduce you to one of the trainers who are in the process of enrolling his school in our Switch Vehicles program. But before we introduce you to Glenn Dethy, we want to let you know about our upcoming workshop in June:

Switch Vehicles Train-The-Trainer Workshops Now Available

There is a train-the-trainer workshop taking place in Rockford, Illinois, June 21-25, 2021. If you or someone you know who teaches vocational, STEM, or automotive classes and is happy to travel to Illinois, please share the registration link with them. Space is limited, so act fast! https://theswitchlab.com/workshops/ 

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How EV Training Gives Young Minds Career Advantages 1432 798 Peter van Gorder

How EV Training Gives Young Minds Career Advantages

At Switch Vehicles, we are huge fans of electric vehicles. All that is going on globally shows that electric cars are here to stay and that many careers will flourish in this industry. We believe that hands-on training with electric vehicles will give young minds many career advantages.

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Top Three Myths About Electric Vehicles 900 600 Peter van Gorder

Top Three Myths About Electric Vehicles

Many naysayers are not convinced that electric vehicles are the future of automotive transport. There are often three central myths that are retold among experts about electric vehicles. But they’re wrong…

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The Future of Automotive Technical Education 1416 794 Peter van Gorder

The Future of Automotive Technical Education

Many people have been questioning the future of automotive technical education. The pandemic has been challenging to the automotive industry, for sure. But there is always good to find in bad situations. As we look into our “pretend” crystal ball to see the future, here is what we believe is unfolding for the future of automotive technical education.

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