Posts by Andrew:
CarShowTelevision.com Covers the South Florida Car Scene
As many people who know me know, I am an avid fan of cars. A few years back I spent 3 years of my evening building my own electric powered Ford GT-40 replica which I have called the EVGT-40. This led eventually lead me into creating High Voltage Hot Rods to help others build their own electric cars. While taking my own car around to car shows in South Florida I was meeting a lot of interesting people and quickly discovered that there was a story behind every car that showed up at these shows. Weather it was a classic car that they wanted as a kid, or one that the family owned, there was a story. In many cases the classic and custom cars were the fruits of lots of love and labor just like my own EVGT-40. These stories needed to be told. (more…)
Starting High Voltage Creatives – A multimedia SWAT team
Part of the business plan for High Voltage Hot Rods was to acquire the needed resources to do both a television series and web sites that would both promote the company as well as educate people about the benefits of electric cars. The company now has access to professional video, audio, and lighting equipment as [...]
High Voltage Hot Rods – Front Page of Palm Beach Post Biz Section
Thanks to the Susan Salisbury for a great article on High Voltage Hot Rods on the front page of the Sunday Business Section of the Palm Beach Post. “Andrew McClary, Alex Berry and Brant Cohen, partners in Boca Raton-based High Voltage Hot Rods, which takes classic cars and converts them to performance-based electric cars, [...]
myLogoPhoneCase.com
Putting the finishing touches on a new website for Mark-It-Now, Inc. This really cool website allows you to upload your own artwork to the website and order your very own personalized iPhone case. It was a new twist on the traditional shopping cart but has come out looking really nice. Many of the stock [...]
High Voltage Hot Rods
After being involved in the electric car community for the last 3 years, I have decided to take it to the next step. i have formed a new company with a number of great guys to create cutom high end electric hot rods as well as do a television show around the shop. The purpose [...]
New Video About the EVGT-40
Built by hand in my garage, the EVGT-4 is a great example of what can be accomplished by one man if he puts his mind to it. You don’t have to know all the answers when you start out, but you need to know that you can learn them. You take each piece, one at [...]
Why we make things
I have been making things all of my life. Adam’s speech hits very close to home to me. For me I got this bug to make things from my father who was always helping my brother and I make and fix things. Legos and Radio Shack electronic kits were always favorite toys in our house. [...]
Battery Monitoring System Interface
The front end for the battery monitoring system is really coming along. The key is creating meaningful real time graphs that allow the user to see what is going on in their battery pack. The most important two voltages are the highest cell and lowest cell because these determine how much juice can be put [...]
Using Wifi for Automotive Guages in Electric Cars
Working with Charlie Malone from Vintage Voltage, I have been creating a wireless wifi battery monitoring system called EVView™. The system is comprised of a wifi enabled device that hooks up to Charlie’s Battery Management System and displays the status of every cell on any wifi enabled device with a browser. The main design is [...]
Interviewed for a story in the Sun Sentinel
My work on the electric car has started to get a lot of attention. I was contacted last week by the Sun Sentinel about doing and interview. Doreen Hemlock came out and spent about an hour interviewing me about electric cars and how I built my own. I took her for a ride in the [...]
