Oneloop Power Team: Omri Steinberg-Tatman, Forrest Fankhauser, Parth Pawar, Christian
Molina, Shyam Agarwal, Connor Lewis, Bella Doherty, Jan Truong
Hyperloop is a novel form of electric transportation, in which Hyperloop pods travel through
vacuum tubes at speeds up to 750 miles per hour. Increased usage of electric vehicles is critical
to the reduction of global fossil fuel emissions. OneLoop at UC Davis is a team of 40 students,
dedicated to developing Hyperloop pod technologies. In this presentation, we discuss the
design and manufacturing of the OneLoop pod’s power system. The main power source is 480
Lithium Ion battery cells, composing 4 individual battery packs. The DC power source is
converted to 3-phase AC using a Curtis motor controller, which then powers the pod’s linear
induction motors. To support this high power system, we have developed temperature
measurement systems for monitoring battery health, designed custom battery pack enclosures,
conducted thermal simulations, and developed simplified electric models of linear induction
motors. In summary, this research is OneLoop’s guide to the design and manufacturing of
efficient and safe power systems for hyperloop pods and other electric vehicles.
