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MAMMOTH E-BIKE
TEAM MEMBERS: JULIAN CUNNINGHAM, CHELSEA YANG, AND JOSHUA WANG
GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, 2024
OUR GOAL FOR THIS PROJECT WAS TO DESIGN AND BUILD A MODEL OF A POTENTIAL NEW CONCEPT FOR AN E-BIKE FROM EDISON, A LOCAL BIKE COMPANY AND SPONOR OF THE PROJECT.
IN MY EXPERIENCE AS A PARK RANGER, I'D NOTED THE LACK OF LOW-HAUL-VOLUME, PEDESTRIAN-FRIENDLY, AND ENVIRONMENTALLY CONCIOUS SOLUTIONS IN THE MARKET FOR MAINTENANCE VEHICLES. OUR TEAM PURSUED THIS IDEA FURTHER: WE FOLLOWED GEORGIA TECH'S UTILITY VEHICLES AROUND CAMPUS, AND LEARNED THAT 96% OF TRIPS ONLY HAD ONE PERSON IN THE VEHICLE, AND 77% OF VEHICLES HAD EITHER ZERO OR VERY FEW ITEMS IN THEIR CARGO BEDS.
FROM THIS RESEARCH, WE SET OUT TO BUILD THE MAMMOTH E-BIKE: THE VERY FIRST UTILITY VEHICLE DESIGNED FOR THE PROMOTION AND CONSERVATION OF URBAN GREENSPACES.
OUR PROCESS BEGAN WITH THE RESEARCH OUTLINED ABOVE. AFTER LOOSE SKETCHING AND IDEATION, WE PLAYED WITH A FEW POTENTIAL ALTERNATIVES REGARDING VEHICLE PAYLOAD LOCATION AND RIDER INTERACTION, SETTLING ON A FINAL CONCEPT WHICH I ILLUSTRATED. OUR TEAM THEN BEGAN THE PROCESS OF CAD MODELING, RENDERING, AND EVENTUALLY BUILDING A FULL SCALE MODEL. HERE, I HELPED DEVELOP THE VISUAL LANGUAGE IN RENDERS AND SPENT TIME IN THE SHOP SANDING, PAINTING, AND ASSEMBLING A FULL-SCALE VISUAL MODEL.
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