The Fully Networked Car Geneva, 3-4 March VEHICLE DESIGN SUMMIT (VDS) Steven Jeremy Ntambi Founding Team leader, VDS Uganda

The Fully Networked Car Geneva, 3-4 March 2010 ”Once we rid ourselves of traditional thinking we can get on with creating the future.” - James Bertrand

The Fully Networked Car Geneva, 3-4 March 2010 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

The Fully Networked Car Geneva, 3-4 March Vehicle Design Summit (VDS) o A Global Student-led Consortium o Demonstrated a New Paradigm Collaboration o Sustainably Leapfrogged New Technologies o Developed on the M.I.T X-teams Model.

The Fully Networked Car Geneva, 3-4 March 2010 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

The Fully Networked Car Geneva, 3-4 March 2010 X-Teams Model

The Fully Networked Car Geneva, 3-4 March 2010 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.

The Fully Networked Car Geneva, 3-4 March Pulse (of the city): mpg energy equivalency - All electric drive lb, 1 passenger - Projected Cost: $5,000 Impact: Distributed Energy Generation Assisted Human-Electric Hybrid: mpg energy equivalency - Human / electric drive lb, 1 passenger - Projected Cost: $4,000 Impact: Vehicle for Developing Nations Fuel-cell electric hybrid: mpg energy equivalency - Fuel cell, electric hybrid lb, 2 passenger - Projected Cost: $20,000 Impact: Biological, safe hydrogen. SVO Biofuels Vehicle: - 54 mpg energy equivalency - SVO Single tank conversion lb, 2 passenger - Projected Cost: $13,000 Impact: Polyculture agriculture.

The Fully Networked Car Geneva, 3-4 March Vehicle Design Summit (VDS) 2.0 o Developed a prototype a 4-6 seater HEV NEtworked Vehicle in 2008-Vision 200 o Case study of India Overview

The Fully Networked Car Geneva, 3-4 March VDS 2.0 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 VDS 2.0 Objectives

The Fully Networked Car Geneva, 3-4 March The Collaboration

The Fully Networked Car Geneva, 3-4 March 2010 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. 12

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The Fully Networked Car Geneva, 3-4 March Powertrain Architecture and network

The Fully Networked Car Geneva, 3-4 March The Brake and Drive by wire configuration

The Fully Networked Car Geneva, 3-4 March The Final Concept Modular Power o Auxiliary Power Unit Run on; — hydrogen, compressed natural gas, methane ethanol,biodiesel o Straight electricity

The Fully Networked Car Geneva, 3-4 March 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

The Fully Networked Car Geneva, 3-4 March 2010 The Prototype 20

The Fully Networked Car Geneva, 3-4 March 2010 The Africa(uganda)-MIT team

The Fully Networked Car Geneva, 3-4 March 2010 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) 22

The Fully Networked Car Geneva, 3-4 March 2010 Way forward o Adopting the X-teams model to leapfrog into new market o Starting with conversion of existing vehicles in people’s current consumption o Exploring new virgin markets such as Africa and setting up base there o Industries should be located in populous countries such as China and Africa-cheap labour costs o First models should be for public transportation 23

The Fully Networked Car Geneva, 3-4 March 2010 Questions are welcome 24 Contact Steven Jeremy Ntambi

The Fully Networked Car Geneva, 3-4 March 2010 ”The future belongs to those who see possibilities before they become obvious.” - John Scully

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