BUP21 - Experimental vehicle "eVee”

The experimental vehicle "eVee" is a single-seater electric light vehicle with an individual fiber mesh body for everyday private transport. Various ICM research results are presented and tested in "eVee". The experimental vehicle serves as a modular platform available for testing various hardware setups. At the same time, it enables algorithms from software-defined mobility to be applied and data to continue to be collected for autonomous driving tests.

To make the vehicle ready to drive, this project will design the traction engines with the desired driving performance as a boundary condition and prototype them as an engine-transmission unit. This subsystem will be integrated into the overall vehicle by means of a modular interface.

Approach

• Electromagnetic design and optimization, thermal and mechanical validation
• Development and production of a gearbox with adaptable transmission ratio
• Definition and design of a modular interface between the engine-transmission unit and the wheel of the test vehicle
• Construction of two fully functional prototypes
• Adaptation and construction of power electronics and associated signal processing
• Test and characterization of the motors
• Installation of the motor-gearbox unit in the test vehicle