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Tag: Control Switch SEEKONK Wayside Auto Sales is jumping into the future as an independent repair shop that services hybrid vehicles. Not only that. It also serves as the local training site for Worcester-based Automotive Career Development Center (ACDC), which conducts workshops in servicing hybrids as far afield as Chicago, Las Vegas and Toronto, as well as in Iceland and Germany. “It’s growing. There are definitely more people asking (about getting hybrids serviced),” said Jeff Gouveia, who runs the family-owned shop on Fall River Avenue, along with his father, Al, and brother, Al Jr. He said many owners believe only dealerships can service hybrids. “There’s false information and misconceptions out there,” he said. “Independent repair shops can fix them.” As concern about the environment is matched by concern about rising gas prices, electric-gasoline hybrid vehicles, such as the iconic Toyota Prius, are gaining in popularity. But with heavy battery packs charged with over 200 volts, hybrids present a real problem for service technicians and emergency personnel who have not been trained to deal with dangerous levels of electricity. “It’s new to us technicians, but not new to electricians,” said Al Gouveia Jr. “It’s new to the automotive world.” “Sixty volts and one amp will kill you,” said Jeff Gouveia as he and Al Jr. demonstrated how to handle a 274-volt battery pack from a first generation Toyota Prius. (Second-generation Prius have 201-volt battery packs.)

Tag: Control Switch SEEKONK Wayside Auto Sales is jumping into the future as an independent repair shop that services hybrid vehicles. Not only that. It also serves as the local training site for Worcester-based Automotive Career Development Center (ACDC), which conducts workshops in servicing hybrids as far afield as Chicago, Las Vegas and Toronto, as well as in Iceland and Germany. “It’s growing. There are definitely more people asking (about getting hybrids serviced),” said Jeff Gouveia, who runs the family-owned shop on Fall River Avenue, along with his father, Al, and brother, Al Jr. He said many owners believe only dealerships can service hybrids. “There’s false information and misconceptions out there,” he said. “Independent repair shops can fix them.” As concern about the environment is matched by concern about rising gas prices, electric-gasoline hybrid vehicles, such as the iconic Toyota Prius, are gaining in popularity. But with heavy battery packs charged with over 200 volts, hybrids present a real problem for service technicians and emergency personnel who have not been trained to deal with dangerous levels of electricity. “It’s new to us technicians, but not new to electricians,” said Al Gouveia Jr. “It’s new to the automotive world.” “Sixty volts and one amp will kill you,” said Jeff Gouveia as he and Al Jr. demonstrated how to handle a 274-volt battery pack from a first generation Toyota Prius. (Second-generation Prius have 201-volt battery packs.)

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