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MECC featured on FSIP Website

As we came to the end of our Triumph Spitfire conversion, we continually ran into problems with the car’s controller, the “brain” of the system. Working with the technical support team at Flight Systems Industrial Products, we were able to quickly find a solution to the problem that had been slowing us down all year. FSIP has now featured us…

MECC Takes Spitfire to its First Show!

On Saturday, June 3rd, MECC took the now-running Spitfire to its first car show, Cars and Motorcycles of England at Hope Lodge! At first glance, the ’69 Triumph Spitfire seemed to fit right in with all the other antique British cars in attendance. But under the hood, its old body holds brand-new insides. Our now-functional electric-converted Spitfire was a big…

Website Comes Back to Life

When our website went offline last year, we were in disarray. Our photos, our blog updates, project info, all of it was stored on that site we no longer had access to. After many calls with customer service, we’re slowly coming back online– a new website on the same domain. Our pages may be in construction, but soon they’ll be…

Connecting Batteries on the Spitfire

Back at the garage to work, our club members put more work into the Triumph Spitfire conversion today. As we approach the finishing stages of this project, we worked on assembling the electrical systems. As can be seen below, we connected all of the batteries in series. We also connected the primary and secondary relays, which are the electric switches…

Electric Car Club Gives Virtual Presentations

During the months of March and April, the members of the Methacton High School Electric Car Club gave virtual presentations to third and fourth graders at Worcester and Woodland Elementary Schools. They were also a part of Temple University’s Virtual Earth Day Festival. You can check it out at the following URL: https://ambler.temple.edu/community/earthfest/celebrating-earth All of the presentations included a in-depth,…

MECC on Technically Philly

These 4 student-built cars were revving up at the Philly Auto Show. “High schoolers from Montco’s Methacton High School Electric Car Club, accompanied by professor Steve Savitz, showed off their battery-powered Lorax ride, which can be charged by an adjoining truck that uses solar panels. The truck was transformed into a hands-on classroom focused on alternative fuels. Although the car was acquired…

Former ECC Club members, Ben Sattler and Karthik Pillutla, featured in The Reporter

Methacton grads return to showcase factory Malibu they helped to convert to hybrid As the automotive industry dramatically steps up its gasoline-electric hybrid efforts, the field will be wide open for engineering grads like Benjamin Sattler and Karthik Pillutla who are profoundly in tune with the technology. The Methacton High School alumni and Penn State engineering students returned to their…