[electric vehicle development project]

FORMULA CLUB-E

“I love Formula One, dearly. If I live for 100 years I will still love Formula One. But the world is going in the direction of electric, we don't know how long it will take but we have to make a change. It's not that we want to, it's almost mandatory.

If we continue like this for 100 years there will be no planet so basically there is no option.”Alejandro Agag, Formula E founder and CEO

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“A goal of all formal education should be to graduate students to lead lives of consequence.”John Henry Brookes, Spiritual founder of Oxford Brookes University

Brookes alumni in employment at major Formula 1 teams

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THE VISIONAt the very pinnacle of the Motorsport world, Formula E is currently leading the way for the electric racing market. At the low budget end, Formula SAE electric has demonstrated that electric vehicles can dominate over their combustion-engined counterparts.

Currently, there are very few affordable electric racing cars, so there is a clear gap in the market.

?Formula SAE Electric Formula E

IN PROGRESS

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Year 1 - Concept: Feasibility study & concept design

Year 2 - Analyse: Identify market opportunities & design specification, design & virtually prototype vehicle

Year 3 - Develop: Establish partnerships, detailed simulation modelling, final design, prototyping & model validation

Year 4 - Refine: Build, test & finalise complete prototype vehicle

THE PLAYERS

Andrea Toso, Head of R&D and US Racing Business Leader at Dallara Automobili shares

design ideas with OBU students

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DallaraAutomobili

Competing in all F3 championships around the world, Dallara is the sole supplier of cars to the IndyCar, Indy Lights, GP2, GP3, World Series by Renault and Japanese Super Formula championships.

Coupled with their experience of supplying the chassis for Formula E, Dallara’s impressive motorsport pedigree ideally places them to deliver an electric racing vehicle.

Mechanical Engineering & Mathematical sciences

Nestled in the heart of Motorsport Valley, 92% of our graduates go on to employment - many in F1, Formula E and major suppliers to the motorsport industry.

Oxford Brookes has an enviable reputation as the number one institution for Motorsport education, training the Automotive, Motorsport and Mechanical Engineers of the future.

Business School

The Business School provides strength in corporate, competitive & growth strategy, global business, international trade and foreign direct investment with subjects that focus on leadership, culture, motivation, practices, strategic human resource management and the management of the globalisation process. This allows us to consider both the mechanical and business aspects.

Unparalleled Team

Bringing together one of the World’s largest race car manufacturers, and the leading motorsport education provider, the Formula Club-E project is the work of an unparalleled team.

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THE OBJECTIVES

LeadingRacing Car

Manufacturer

Renowned Motorsport University

100Postgraduate MSc Students

FourYear

Programme

60,000 Development

Hours

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Determine the market opportunities & customer requirements

Identify market leading technologies & suitable powertrains

Develop a complete 3D CAD model of the vehicle

Simulate the vehicle performance in DYMOLA

Analyse various powertrain configurations

Undertake Driver-in-Loop testing in Dallara’s simulator

Establish partnerships & customers

Produce a complete business plan, BOM and costing

Prototype and test the complete vehicle

Prepare students for employment

THE TEAM: Design

Chassis & CrashAser Murias ClosasQuentin GueriotRonan AntonelliMichael Booker

Battery DevelopmentPelayo Acevedo LlanesDaniel Simula

Aero & CoolingWayne DigginesVivek JigalurMikey TwiggeMarc Ricart Rius

Electric Safety David Garcia Coz

Team LeaderDavid Lopez Almirall

Business PlanRodrigo Velasco RamosShaunt Avanessian

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SuspensionDavid BriantMichael RooneyXavier Bas Ferrer

MotorTom DriscollSiddhant ShahAdil Adil

Project Chairman: Andrea Toso - Head of R&D and US Racing Business Leader, Dallara AutomobiliAcademic Principal: Andrew Bradley - Senior Lecturer in Motorsport Engineering

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THE TEAM: Simulation

Powertrain & BatteryNikolas SiikkisPedro Gonzalez LorenzoShreerama ManjunathaJavier Herrero de VicenteJesus Guiterrez de Quevedo

Team LeaderCristian Garcia Moya Pau Joaniquet Calderon

Suspension & BrakingAna Sanchez PonceAlexandre SantosRaul Ubeda Sala

Driver & LaptimeAlvaro Fraile MartinezBeñat Pildain OlaldeSree VarshiniMiguel FreitasBruno Braga

Suspension & TyresRohan ShankarFederico Sanchez Motellon

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Academic Chair: Professor Gareth Neighbour - Head of Department of Mechanical Engineering & Mathematical ScienceAcademic Lead: Gordana Collier - Programme Lead for Postgraduate Taught Mechanical Engineering

Simulation SupportAlessandro Picarelli, Claytex

THE PARTNERS

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“The following have provided exceptional levels of support to the project, and have been instrumental in the development of the vehicle:Simulation Support: Alessandro Picarelli – Claytex ServicesMarket Research: Jacqui O’Rourke, Madelaine Robinshaw & Nicoletta Occiocupo – Business SchoolElectric Powertrain: James Broughton & James Larminie – Department of Mechanical Engineering & MathematicsChassis Development: Allan Hutchinson & James Balkwill - Department of Mechanical Engineering & Mathematics

YASA Motors Tim Woolmer Nick Bowler John Twycross Dom Daly Neil Fellows Daniel Bell Gabor Lukacs

Amlin Aguri Mashael Alnosayan Shpend Gerguri Colin Bell Tom Elsworth Terrence Floyd Quiyang Ge Mark Preston

Cooper Avon Tyres Denise Morrey Khaled Hyatleh Eric Cassells Kevin Hort Viktor Weber Brian Sims Geoff Goddard

Andrew Baxter Ana Domingos Canhoto Ian Spacksman Xinyi Xu

The department’s digital printing facilities used in the creation of this book were provided & supported courtesy of: Artwork & print design by David Lopez Almirall and Andrew Bradley.Binding by Miguel Ferrera & Adrian Ward - Department of Mechanical Engineering&Mathematics and Maltby’s the Bookbinders, Oxford

There are also many more people who contributed to the project - thanks to all, we could not have done it without you!

GET INVOLVED

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“What we are trying to do is make driving clean cars exciting and fun, and to try to encourage manufacturers to come into this area because, if they don’t, they are going to be left behind.”

Richard Branson

If you are interested in joining the project, please email mems-enquiry@brookes.ac.uk with the subject “Dallara”.

We are particularly interested in hearing from the following:

Race organisers, schools & race car rental companies

Motor / controller manufacturers & suppliers

Battery manufacturers & suppliers

Potential customers & distributors

Sensors and electrical suppliers

Tyre manufacturers & suppliers

Financial investors

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THE CAR