Converting a Formula SAE Car to Electric Power
Posted 11-01-2011 at 11:02 PM by EV Dawg
Greetings!
I am mechanical engineering student at the University of Washington and I thought I share my senior design project that a couple of other students and I are working on for the UW Formula SAE Team. It is to convert the 2010 built car to electric power!
The design phase has gone on for a while now and is nearly complete! Just now have we decided to write about it because it would be a real treat if we could actually build it! Here are some design specs.
System components:
- 30S 111V Lithium Polymer, 40-50AH
- HPEV AC-35 Motor/Curtis 1238-7601 Controller
Projected Performance:
- 0-60mph in 4.0 seconds w/ full aero-package.
You can find our campaign to reach our funding goal in the link provided. It includes video and information about the project. http://startsomegood.com/Venture/uw_...he_uw_fsae_car
More to come!
I am mechanical engineering student at the University of Washington and I thought I share my senior design project that a couple of other students and I are working on for the UW Formula SAE Team. It is to convert the 2010 built car to electric power!
The design phase has gone on for a while now and is nearly complete! Just now have we decided to write about it because it would be a real treat if we could actually build it! Here are some design specs.
System components:
- 30S 111V Lithium Polymer, 40-50AH
- HPEV AC-35 Motor/Curtis 1238-7601 Controller
Projected Performance:
- 0-60mph in 4.0 seconds w/ full aero-package.
You can find our campaign to reach our funding goal in the link provided. It includes video and information about the project. http://startsomegood.com/Venture/uw_...he_uw_fsae_car
More to come!
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We (Arizona State University) looked at the AC-35 too. It's a pretty heavy motor though, so we're planning a PM motor from Montenergy instead.
That's a pretty good idea with the video fundraiser.Posted 12-12-2011 at 11:15 AM by xrotaryguy 
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A quick update:
Genie Industries http://www.genieindustries.com/ has become the main sponsor of the project and we are now building the conversion!!!
Follow the progress on Twitter and Facebook:
http://twitter.com/#!/UW_Electric_SAE
http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/UW-...55651507815468
We chose the AC-35 motor based on our budget, hoping that we'd face the fewest reliability issues. Also, it has the optimum torque for the gear ratios available using a single direct chain drive to a differential (simplest and most efficient form of power transmission for this vehicle).Posted 01-03-2012 at 10:16 PM by EV Dawg
