{"607183":{"#nid":"607183","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Eddy Motorworks Turns Classic Cars into Eco-friendly Electric Vehicles","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIt started in 2015, when Ben Horst, Georgia Tech mechanical engineering graduate and now co-founder of Eddy Motorworks, started a personal project to design and build a plug-in hybrid track car. What resulted was a tube-framed, two-seat concept vehicle capable of super-high fuel economy, all-electric driving, and impressive performance. The project, named PH571, became a Georgia Tech senior design project for Horst and Josh Preissle, a fellow mechanical engineer, where it won best interdisciplinary project in the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/capstone.gatech.edu\/expo\/more-information\/\u0022\u003ECapstone Design Expo\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAfter that, the team was accepted in the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/create-x.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ECREATE-X\u003C\/a\u003E Startup Launch program with an idea to start a company called \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.eddymotorworks.com\/home.html\u0022\u003EEddy Motorworks\u003C\/a\u003E. The startup planned to build specialty and custom electric vehicles, from racecar prototypes to utility trucks. They would also take classic cars and revive them with modern 100-percent-electric powertrains.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ECREATE-X enabled Horst and his team to take the idea and product and turn it into a viable startup. As an entrepreneurial program for students at Georgia Tech, CREATE-X works to instill entrepreneurial confidence and supports them in creating startups. Based entirely on experiential learning, CREATE-X provides the knowledge and skills that students require to confidently pursue entrepreneurial opportunities. The Eddy Motorworks team was given $20,000 in seed funding, legal advice and mentorship to get their startup off the ground.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESince completing the program, Eddy Motorworks has grown quickly, moved into a permanent shop space in Decatur, GA, and completed multiple commissioned electric vehicle builds for customers. The team includes Horst (CEO), Preissle (VP) and Kenny Adcox (VP).\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=uNIPLPB98eA\u0026amp;t=1s\u0022\u003EWATCH THEIR STARTUP JOURNEY NOW\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Watch how Eddy Motorworks went from prototype to startup with CREATE-X"}],"uid":"34602","created_gmt":"2018-06-19 18:59:03","changed_gmt":"2018-07-09 18:11:40","author":"Georgia Parmelee","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2018-06-19T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2018-06-19T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"607583":{"id":"607583","type":"image","title":"Watch the Eddy Motorworks Video","body":null,"created":"1531159836","gmt_created":"2018-07-09 18:10:36","changed":"1531159836","gmt_changed":"2018-07-09 18:10:36","alt":"eddy motorworks car","file":{"fid":"231762","name":"Eddy-Motorworks-feat.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Eddy-Motorworks-feat.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Eddy-Motorworks-feat.png","mime":"image\/png","size":721832,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Eddy-Motorworks-feat.png?itok=YzhuH717"}}},"media_ids":["607583"],"groups":[{"id":"583966","name":"CREATE-X"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Parmelee\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["georgia.parmelee@coe.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}