1. Presented by Team 2: Colin Bates, and Nick Smith
ME 495 EV
ME 495 EV: Electric Pontiac Fiero Project
Presented by Team 2:
Colin Bates, and Nick Smith

2. Timeline
Timeline

3. Clutch Disc Selection Clutch Disc Selection
Same price as less aggressive clutch discs
Protect Transmission from “torsion damage”
When the motor starts up from a dead stop in gear
When the motor starts up in a gear other than first
etc...

4. Pressure Plate Selection
Sufficient clamping required to take advantage of an aggressive clutch disc

5. Flywheel Design Flywheel Design
Concept 1
Flywheel designed to reduce weight and mount directly to electric motor shaft. This design still may need a collar for strength.

6. Flywheel Design Flywheel Design
Concept 2
High strength, low weight, but difficulty in manufacturing.

7. Flywheel Analysis Flywheel Analysis
FEA analysis on old Flywheel. This gives us a safety factor of 7.7
but weighs 17.5 lbs.