SAVA Lowrider EV

10/23/2025

From Sacramento to D.C.! Check out this video of the SAVA Lowrider EV at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival! 🚗🙌

07/07/2025

That’s a wrap from Washington, D.C.! 🇺🇸

A huge thank you to the Smithsonian Folklife Festival for giving youth voices a national stage—and for the opportunity to showcase our fully electric lowrider ⚡🚗 to visitors from around the world 🌍

Our SAVA charter school students showed what’s possible when culture, community, and education come together

We’re incredibly proud and deeply grateful to have been part of this year’s festival. 🙌

Next stop: Sacramento Super show 👀

07/05/2025

The SAVA Lowrider EV team displays a ’64 Chevy Impala that students transformed into a fully electric vehicle through hands-on learning, field trips, and support from local agencies who provided EV components.

Photo by Stanley Turk, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives

07/05/2025

🧩 Puzzle lovers, this one’s for you!

Stop by our tent and help us piece together this fire artwork by the one and only .ruca 🎨🔥

07/05/2025

Happy Fourth of July! 🇺🇸

You have to get the pic with the Washington Monument while you’re in D.C., right?

Our students are taking a well-earned break to soak it all in and have a little fun in the nation’s capital! 🎆✨

07/04/2025

We’re just as excited as she is 😮❤️

The fireworks haven’t even started yet, but the SAVA Lowrider EV is already lighting up the National Mall. 🇺🇸✨

Built by students. Rooted in culture. Turning heads all week at the Festival. 🚗💥

If you’re in D.C., swing by the Streetwise tent in between your Fourth of July festivities—this build is too good to miss.

Happy Fourth from the SAVA Lowrider EV crew!

07/04/2025

Nayeli (.i ) and Joseph ( ) took part in today’s Mentorship & Apprentices panel at the Festival, where they joined longtime lowrider leaders to talk about how the culture gets passed down—one story, one lesson, one build at a time. 🛠️

Much love to our fellow panelists and everyone out there teaching the next generation what it means to ride with pride. ✊🏼

Missed it? Check out our previous post to watch the full livestream ➡️

Check out our previous post to watch the live stream

07/03/2025

We had so many amazing people stop by our tent to learn about the lowrider conversion project, meet the students, and hear how hands-on learning is transforming the way students learn.

From the stories shared to the love shown—D.C. is definitely feeling that California love ❤️✨

If this is how the week is starting, we can’t wait to see what’s next. Come visit us at the Streetwise Tent all week!

07/03/2025

None of this would be possible without the guidance of the OGs 🙌

Today, Nayeli and Joseph are hitting the stage to share what it means to learn from lowrider legends—and how mentorship is helping drive the next generation forward. 🚘

🎤 Mentors and Apprentices: Spotlight on Lowriders
🕒 3 PM ET/ 12 PM PT
📍 Olivia Cadaval Story Circle

Can’t be here in person? Don’t worry—head over to our stories to see them on stage 🎥✨

07/03/2025

That’s a wrap on Working with Your Hands: Skills Training in Schools 🙌

Huge shoutout to Brandt for representing SAVA and speaking on the power of hands-on learning. From lowriders to life skills, today’s panel showed just how far students can go when given the tools—and trust—to build something real. 🛠️✨

We’re proud to be part of a conversation that honors tradition, uplifts youth voices, and reminds us that learning happens in all kinds of spaces.

07/03/2025

Some students learn best by doing—and we’re here for it. 🙌

This morning, Brandt is speaking at Working with Your Hands: Skills Training in Schools at the Festival, sharing how projects like building a lowrider teach real-world skills—and reveal what students are truly capable of.

🕒 11 AM ET | 8 AM PT
📍 Olivia Cadaval Story Circle

🎥 Can’t be there in person? Check out our stories to catch him on stage.

07/01/2025