Team VM Integration

The task of this team is to integrate the combustion engine, the differential and the drive axles of the rear axle into the chassis.

The VM drive team currently consists of seven students. The entire team is supervised by Prof. Dr. Yves Rosefort.

To integrate the combustion engine into the vehicle, an engine mount, chain drive and differential must be designed and the drive shafts and actuators for automated operation of the clutch and gear shift shaft must be designed, procured and integrated.

In addition to the design work, the components also have to be calculated. As the main objective of the Nuevo 35 project is a low-CO2 vehicle, every task is considered from the point of view of limiting or reducing emissions.

The engine was repositioned in the chassis to improve the vehicle's center of gravity. The geometry of the engine mount, differential and chain drive was adapted to this new engine position so that the power of the combustion engine can be transmitted to the drive axles.

With the help of force and length measurements in the laboratory and subsequent calculations, actuators for actuating the clutch and the transmission shift shaft were selected and their control mode determined. For this purpose, the clutch lever including master cylinder and slave cylinder were assembled and the clutch system was bled. Furthermore, a concept for the transmission of power from the actuators to the clutch slave cylinder and transmission shift shaft was developed.