De Anza College Automotive Technology Department's mission is to inspire, excite, and train our automotive technology students to achieve a valuable place in our local and global community; by serving a widely diverse student population, including career-oriented students, lifelong learners, and those who choose our program to enrich their own knowledge base. We do this by focusing on integrity, personal achievement, service to our community, and excellence in all we do.
Currently, Silicon Valley Clean Cities is partnering with the De Anza College Automotive Technology Department for the Green Transportation Workforce Development Training. Click here to read more.
Electro Automotive was founded in 1979 to fill a need in the conversion market: a single source for quality conversion components. Founder Michael Brown brought to Electro Automotive years of hands-on professional experience in the automotive industry, including dealership training, and working with both ordinary family cars and race cars.
The National Alternative Fuels Training Consortium (NAFTC) is a pioneer and national leader in developing, managing, and promoting programs and activities that desire to cure America’s addiction to oil, lead to energy independence, and encourage the greater use of cleaner transportation. The NAFTC is the only nationwide alternative fuel vehicle and advanced technology vehicle training organization in the United States.
The basic NAFTC Train-the-Trainers courses include classroom time to learn fundamentals, videos, discussions, pre- and post-tests, and lab/shop activities. When in Morgantown, West Virginia, a multi-bay automotive lab is used during training for demonstration, skills training, diagnostics, emissions testing and maintenance issues. A Repair Grade (RG) Dynamometer is used to demonstrate important automotive concepts as they relate to alternative fuels. New modules are developed to address specific topics in the evolution of the AFV industry.
