Chevy Goes to School

As the grown-up world is getting ready, reluctant and anxious, to embrace the world of tomorrow brought forth by the advent of the electric vehicles, the young generation, the kids now going to middle-school, will feel the full force of the changes we are witnessing today by the time they get to be decision-makers. {ad]

To help them better understand what lies ahead, Chevrolet will take its Volt plug-in on a presentation in front of middle school students in grades 5-8 from all over the US. The goal is simple: teach the students what electrification of individual transportation means and, why not, plant an idea into their heads that buying a Volt or similar Chevy vehicle of the future will not be a bad idea.

Chevrolet's presentation is titled “The Power of the Plug: How Electricity Will Change Our World Again,” it takes place online on November 9 and is open to all those who want to attend (registrations can be submitted at the following link). Aside for students, Chevrolet will also try and train the teachers by presenting a Teacher's Guide.

“Students in classrooms today will be designing and engineering the cars of tomorrow,” said Tony Posawatz, Chevrolet Volt vehicle line director. “We’re reinvesting in our students of tomorrow today with an educational curriculum focused on the next generation of automotive technology. Education is electric!”

This is not the first such endeavor undertaken by Chevrolet. Similar demonstrations were made this year at Harvard-Westlake Middle School in Los Angeles, Howard University Middle School in Washington D.C., and at the National Science Teachers Association National Conference on Science Education in Philadelphia.