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VEHICLE DESIGN SUMMIT (VDS)

VEHICLE DESIGN SUMMIT (VDS). Steven Jeremy Ntambi Founding Team leader, VDS Uganda Email: ntambi.jeremy@gmail.com. ”Once we rid ourselves of traditional thinking we can get on with creating the future.” - James Bertrand. Presentation Outline. Vehicle Design Summit Introduction

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VEHICLE DESIGN SUMMIT (VDS)

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  1. VEHICLE DESIGN SUMMIT (VDS) Steven Jeremy Ntambi Founding Team leader, VDS Uganda Email: ntambi.jeremy@gmail.com

  2. ”Once we rid ourselves of traditional thinking we can get on with creating the future.”- James Bertrand

  3. Presentation Outline • Vehicle Design Summit • Introduction • X-Teams model • Vehicle Design Summit 1.0 • Vehicle Design Summit 2.0 • Way forward

  4. Vehicle Design Summit (VDS) A Global Student-led Consortium Demonstrated a New Paradigm Collaboration Sustainably Leapfrogged New Technologies Developed on the M.I.T X-teams Model. 4

  5. X-Teams Model • Building teams that lead lead Innovate and Succeed • Developed at M.I.T. by Prof. D. Ancona • Examined why traditional team models failed • Inward focus more than outward focus • X-teams; • External outreach to stake holders • Extensive ties • Expandable tiers • Extensive leadership and flexible membership

  6. X-Teams Model

  7. X-Teams Model • X-teams Improve teams ability in; • Creative Idea Production • Idea execution • Innovative capacity within organizations improved • Emphasis on distributed leadership • Succes stories include • Miscrosoft Net-Gen team • Airline companies in the U.S.

  8. Pulse (of the city): • - 255 mpg energy equivalency • - All electric drive • 420 lb, 1 passenger • - Projected Cost: $5,000 • Impact: Distributed Energy Generation Assisted Human-Electric Hybrid: - 450 mpg energy equivalency - Human / electric drive - 525 lb, 1 passenger - Projected Cost: $4,000 Impact: Vehicle for Developing Nations SVO Biofuels Vehicle: - 54 mpg energy equivalency - SVO Single tank conversion - 1400 lb, 2 passenger - Projected Cost: $13,000 Impact: Polyculture agriculture. Fuel-cell electric hybrid: - 285 mpg energy equivalency - Fuel cell, electric hybrid - 980 lb, 2 passenger - Projected Cost: $20,000 Impact: Biological, safe hydrogen.

  9. Vehicle Design Summit (VDS) 2.0 Overview • Developed a prototype a 4-6 seater HEV NEtworked Vehicle in 2008-Vision 200 • Case study of India

  10. VDS 2.0 • Fuel an Energy Space Race • In the short term, develp an automobile with Minimal Life cycle costs- Vision 200 • Factor 20 improvement in materials and energy input • Develop fully networked system with brake and drive by wire VDS 2.0 Objectives

  11. The Collaboration

  12. The CAN Network •  Multiple Electrical Control Units (ECU) • Control for Power Train and Body Electronics • Two separate Bus Lines, the High Speed and Low Speed Bus connected in a linear CAN Topology. • The Modules used CANopen-based I/O Subsystem, flashed into memory.

  13. The CAR

  14. The CAR

  15. The CAR

  16. Powertrain Architecture and network

  17. The Brake and Drive by wire configuration

  18. The Final Concept Modular Power • Auxiliary Power Unit Run on; • hydrogen, compressed natural gas, methane ethanol,biodiesel • Straight electricity

  19. The Final Concept Hybrid Architecture • Utilization of electric motor • Auxiliary Power Unit (APU) to maximize fuel efficiency and optimize vehicle performance. • Fuel economy achieved primarily through 3 mechanisms: • Reducing wasted energy during idle/low output • Recapturing waste energy (e.g. regenerative braking) • Reducing the size and power of the APU

  20. The Prototype

  21. The Africa(uganda)-MIT team

  22. Work Done by Uganda team • Development of the entire power train and the Data Networking hub (Control area network) CAN for the prototype. • Set up a Centre for Research in Transportation Technologies (CRTT)

  23. Way forward • Adopting the X-teams model to leapfrog into new market • Starting with conversion of existing vehicles in people’s current consumption • Exploring new virgin markets such as Africa and setting up base there • Industries should be located in populous countries such as China and Africa-cheap labour costs • First models should be for public transportation

  24. Questions are welcome Contact Steven Jeremy Ntambi Email: ntambi.jeremy@gmail.com

  25. ”The future belongs to those who see possibilities before they become obvious.”- John Scully

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