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Dedion Axle Senior Project, Nick Schraan, Mark Shushnar, William Swenson, Ramy Tall
Dedion Axle Senior Project, Nick Schraan, Mark Shushnar, William Swenson, Ramy Tall
Mechanical Engineering
The sponsor, EV Grid Inc. is a company looking to the future with the development of a vehicle to grid infrastructure. The vehicle in development is a Ford E-250 Van which had been converted to electric drive with a front motor, rear drive layout. The sponsor wanted to move the electric motor to the rear and develop an axle to support this change. By eliminating the driveshaft, a more efficient use of battery space could be utilized. The goal of this project is to design and fabricate a prototype deDion rear axle which incorporates a system of drive components that …