2023 James Dyson National Award Winners - RMIT I.D Student’s Win the National and Runner Up Awards!
National Winner: REVR
Alexander Burton - REVR
Rapid Electric Vehicle Retrofit (REVR) is a new method for converting internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles into hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs) that offers significant cost and time savings.
Congratulations Alexander on receiving the James Dyson 2023 National Design Award!
RMIT would also like to congratulate Keagan Howell and Dawei Cao for winning the 2023 National Runner Up awards with LINKO and A SPECULATIVE CIRCULAR ECONOMY INNOVATION.
“This approach to ICE retrofits is lesser known and more recent advances in permanent magnets and battery technology have made it possible. While In wheel drives already exist, none target retrofitting and they are only made specifically for certain vehicles. The REVR motor provides the same or more power as the existing ICE. The motor mounting system and the design of the motor means it doesn’t need to be ‘locked’ to the axle hub which then allows for hybrid use of the existing ICE engine. A retrofitted car can have two or four of these electric wheel motors as well as customisable wheel well battery size. This allows configurations for power and range. With the retained ICE motor, there is either backup range or more power again. Current retrofit services start at $50k and take weeks to complete due to the custom components required. REVR could cost as little as $5k without rebates and can be installed in under a day.”
