Team Goals
The Teams goal is
to deliver a commuter vehicle that meets or exceeds all safety standards
and achieves approximately 60 mpg, thereby reducing our dependency on
fossil fuels. It will hold two passengers for a commute of at
least 50 miles without the need to re-fuel and will not lose power on a
1:20 grade while maintaining at least 60 mph.
To do this we
will build an independent high efficiency fuel drive that will run the
vehicle on the free way with an independent electric drive that will
carry the vehicle through the city and bumper to bumper traffic
(Independent drive shafts or single drive shaft are yet to be
determined). An additional benefit to this technology is that it
could lead to an easy conversion on existing vehicles from fuel to
fuel-electric.
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What's New
- Calculated Aerodynamic drag and rolling resistance - October
26
- Calculated Horse power requirements - October 28
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