“FAMU-FSU SOCIETY OF AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEERS FORMULA HYBRID STARTUP PROJECT”
Highlights
- First year of 5 year project
- Quarter-car setup engineered and built to test suspension theory
- Wheel base = 62 inches
- Front Track Width = 48.75 inches
- Rear Track Width = 46.5 inches
- Ride Height = 2-3 inches
- Battery system designed and prototyped
- Motor voltage = 60 volts
- Power to weight ratio = 0.125
- Power target 30 kilowatts
- Battery specific energy = 200 Wh/kg
Summary – From Website
Recently, the world has moved towards using electric energy instead of gasoline to power cars. Future engineers will need to continue this trend to make electric cars as efficient as possible. As a result, our senior design project focuses on using electric energy to race a formula hybrid car.
“Recently, the world has moved towards using electric energy instead of gasoline to power cars. Future engineers will need to continue this trend to make electric cars as efficient as possible. As a result, our senior design project focuses on using electric energy to race a formula hybrid car. A formula hybrid car is a race car that has an open cockpit and uses batteries, electric motors, and a gasoline engine. The race is hosted by the Society of Automotive Engineers and it allows students from different engineering disciplines to work towards a better energy solution together. Our team is the start of a five-year project which involves building a hybrid car that can race in the 2023 competition. We are the first year of senior design teams at the college working on this project.
As a first year team our main goals include the designs of the architecture, the hybrid drivetrain, and the suspension of the car.
We aim to design the most efficient hybrid car possible while making our work easy to understand for future teams. As a first year team our main goals include the designs of the architecture, the hybrid drivetrain, and the suspension of the car. We also planned to have a physical demonstration of the work that was completed.
The demonstration we have completed is a small scale quarter car setup. The setup includes combining a scaled down motor and batteries with a model of the suspension and steering. We also tested the motor using the batteries to make sure our design worked.
In the first year our team finished most of the design goals that were set. The most challenging goal is presenting our work in a way that helps future teams. The demonstration we have completed is a small scale quarter car setup. The setup includes combining a scaled down motor and batteries with a model of the suspension and steering. We also tested the motor using the batteries to make sure our design worked.” [1]
[1] Senior Design, 2018 Team 08, https://web1.eng.famu.fsu.edu/me/senior_design/2018/team08/