VEHICLE DESIGN SUMMIT (VDS)
Steven Jeremy Ntambi
Founding Team leader, VDS Uganda
Email: ntambi.jeremy@gmail.com
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”Once we rid ourselves of traditional
thinking we can get on with creating the
future.”
- James Bertrand
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Presentation Outline
o Vehicle Design Summit
• Introduction
• X-Teams model
o Vehicle Design Summit 1.0
o Vehicle Design Summit 2.0
o Way forward
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Vehicle Design Summit (VDS)
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A Global Student-led Consortium
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Demonstrated a New Paradigm Collaboration
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Sustainably Leapfrogged New Technologies
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Developed on the M.I.T X-teams Model.
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X-Teams Model
o Building teams that lead lead Innovate and
Succeed
o Developed at M.I.T. by Prof. D. Ancona
• Examined why traditional team models failed
• Inward focus more than outward focus
o X-teams;
—External outreach to stake holders
—Extensive ties
—Expandable tiers
—Extensive leadership and flexible membership
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X-Teams Model
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X-Teams Model
o X-teams Improve teams ability in;
— Creative Idea Production
— Idea execution
o Innovative capacity within organizations
improved
o Emphasis on distributed leadership
o Succes stories include
—Miscrosoft Net-Gen team
—Airline companies in the U.S.
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Pulse (of the city):
Assisted Human-Electric Hybrid:
- 255 mpg energy equivalency
- All electric drive
- 420 lb, 1 passenger
- Projected Cost: $5,000
- 450 mpg energy equivalency
- Human / electric drive
- 525 lb, 1 passenger
- Projected Cost: $4,000
Impact: Distributed Energy Generation
Impact: Vehicle for Developing
Nations
Fuel-cell electric hybrid:
SVO Biofuels Vehicle:
- 285 mpg energy equivalency
- Fuel cell, electric hybrid
- 980 lb, 2 passenger
- Projected Cost: $20,000
- 54 mpg energy equivalency
- SVO Single tank conversion
- 1400 lb, 2 passenger
- Projected Cost: $13,000
Impact: Biological, safe hydrogen.
Impact: Polyculture agriculture.
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Vehicle Design Summit (VDS) 2.0
Overview
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Developed a prototype a 4-6 seater HEV
NEtworked Vehicle in 2008-Vision 200
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Case study of India
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VDS 2.0
VDS 2.0 Objectives
o Fuel an Energy Space Race
o In the short term, develp an automobile
with Minimal Life cycle costs- Vision 200
—Factor 20 improvement in materials and energy
input
o Develop fully networked system with
brake and drive by wire
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The Collaboration
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The CAN Network
o Multiple Electrical Control Units (ECU)
o Control for Power Train and Body Electronics
o Two separate Bus Lines, the High Speed and
Low Speed Bus connected in a linear CAN
Topology.
o The Modules used CANopen-based I/O
Subsystem, flashed into memory.
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Powertrain Architecture and network
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The Brake and Drive by wire configuration
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The Final Concept
Modular Power
o Auxiliary Power Unit Run on;
— hydrogen, compressed natural gas, methane
ethanol,biodiesel
o Straight electricity
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The Final Concept
Hybrid Architecture
o Utilization of electric motor
o Auxiliary Power Unit (APU) to maximize fuel efficiency
and optimize vehicle performance.
o 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
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The Prototype
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The Africa(uganda)-MIT team
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Work Done by Uganda team
o Development of the entire power train and the
Data Networking hub (Control area network)
CAN for the prototype.
o Set up a Centre for Research in Transportation
Technologies (CRTT)
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Way forward
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o Adopting the X-teams model to leapfrog into
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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
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Questions are welcome
Contact
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Steven Jeremy Ntambi
Email: ntambi.jeremy@gmail.com
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”The future belongs to those who see
possibilities before they become obvious.”
- John Scully
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