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IVCC electric vehicles robotics training equipment · Illinois Valley - Shaw Local

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  Speaker 1: IVCC electric vehicles, robotics training equipment. Written by Shaw Local
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  Speaker 1: News Network. This article is being read by an automated
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  Speaker 1: voice brought to you by Everlett. The Illinois Valley Community
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  Speaker 1: College Board on Tuesday approved the purchase of two electric
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  Speaker 1: vehicles and advanced training equipment designed to connect automotive and
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  Speaker 1: robotics students with workforce ready skills. The board purchased a
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  Speaker 1: Toyota Prius plug in hybrid for thirty nine two hundred
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  Speaker 1: and eighty dollars and a twenty twenty five Ford Lightning
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  Speaker 1: electric pickup truck for thirty nine nine hundred and sixty
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  Speaker 1: two dollars to expand the automotive program's electric vehicle fleet.
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  Speaker 1: Both vehicles were funded through the REVUPEV Community College Initiative,
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  Speaker 1: a statewide workforce development grant program. The college also purchased
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  Speaker 1: fifteen electrical trainer system for forty five hundred and four
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  Speaker 1: dollars from a Tech Training Inc. Of Walton, Kentucky. Automotive
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  Speaker 1: students will use the equipment to build, test, diagnose, and
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  Speaker 1: repair vehicle electrical systems while instructors monitor their progress. Robotics
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  Speaker 1: students will benefit from five additional Z space learning stations.
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  Speaker 1: An immersive and interactive technology that simulates workplace equipment and processes.
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  Speaker 1: The new stations will create a full lab of ten
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  Speaker 1: stations for the beginning and Intermediate Robotics, Mechatronics and Automation
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  Speaker 1: certificate programs. The stations cost seventy two thousand, six hundred
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  Speaker 1: and thirty one dollars and will be funded through Advanced
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  Speaker 1: Training Opportunities in Manufacturing and Technology AATMAT grant funds. These
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  Speaker 1: investments position our students to enter the workforce with hands
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  Speaker 1: on experience using the latest technology, said doctor Tracy Morris,
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  Speaker 1: IVCC President. The equipment purchases reflect the college's commitment to
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  Speaker 1: preparing students for career rears in high demand fields, including
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  Speaker 1: automotive technology, robotics, and advanced manufacturing. For more information about
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  Speaker 1: ivcc's automotive and robotics programs, visit IVCC dot ed or
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