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Converting a Formula SAE Car to Electric Power

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 EV Dawg is offline

	Converting a Formula SAE Car to Electric Power 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