Ganaio High-Output Regenerative Damper

Producing an average 2,000 Watts of constant power, a Ganaio damper set generates up to an additional 12 percent driving range on an electric vehicle. Using Faraday's Law of Induction, the fully patented Ganaio damper is engineered to the highest magnetic field density attainable within the space of any given suspension architecture, while maintaining a simple design for manufacturing and assembly. A direct replacement of the existing damper, a Ganaio damper is integrated into any vehicle, unaffecting the suspension architecture and general assembly at the factory.

Ganaio allows vehicle manufacturers to reduce the cost of energy while also creating a higher demand for electric vehicles based on longer driving range. The current market price for a Li-ion battery pack is at least $200/kWh. A Ganaio damper set only costs $26/kWh for the equivalent battery energy density.

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00:00:00 damper and the presenter is John geores welcome [Applause] John hello SAE uh thank you for having me it's truly an honor and a privilege to be standing here as a finalist in this prestigious competition our company Geno draws its name from classical Greek meaning to be born again or to regenerate

00:00:31 we take this concept quite literally in our mission to Breathe new life into otherwise wasted energy our focus goes beyond Innovation it's about advancing the adoption of electric vehicles pushing boundaries and contributing to a more sustainable future my name is John Georges and my partner and co-founder shashan gry goalie could not be with us since he is

00:01:01 in India currently celebrating his wedding uh Shashank and I first crossed path while in the automotive sector uh nearly 7 years ago where we earned a reputation for enhancing quality and efficiency on Factory floors while Shashank has pursued further growth um in automotive um within manufacturing and project management I have continued to

00:01:28 further and diverse ify my career in mechanical design engineering across the automotive and Aerospace Industries our mission centers around addressing a critical challenge in the electric vehicle landscape it's driving range simply put electric vehicles currently fall short in range when compared to their gas powerered counterparts this problem trickles down

00:01:59 into to overloading charging stations or forcing Automotive companies to add more battery capacity to their vehicles causing them to become more expensive and less energy efficient so we developed the solution to harness energy from the deflection of the road given that the average suspension deflection is 25 mm up and down for every meter driven forward we

00:02:30 capture a substantial portion of the 17 kilowatt hours that would otherwise be dissipated as heat by converting this captured energy into electrical power we seamlessly transfer it to the vehicle's battery pack significantly extending its driving range to make the solution possible I introduce to you our high output energy harvesting damper a direct replacement

00:03:00 for the conventional dampers in a vehicle suspension a Gano damper outputs up to 2,000 Watts this translates to a 12% driving range increase depending on the weight and the Energy Efficiency of the electric vehicle at the heart of our damper lies a straightforward arrangement of magnets and coils utilizing Fair day's law of induction as the vehicle suspension

00:03:33 deflects up and down a ring magnet moves past an inductive coil while this alone is not a novel concept what sets our idea apart is the addition of a free floating magnet inside the coil the way the magnets are arranged results in a trailing effect where the outer ring magnet holds the inner ring magnet in position and moving pulling it from

00:04:04 behind while keeping them in sync it doesn't require a complicated assembly of Parts this patented setup achieves a higher total magnetic field strength directly increasing the induced voltage securing a Utility Patent for our Innovative Discovery the design not only delivers exceptional results but also streamlines the manufacturing

00:04:33 process our approach involves a minimal number of easily producible Parts ensuring efficiency and cost Effectiveness unlike our [Music] competitors in the realm of regenerative dampers only a few oems such as BMW and Audi have attempted such Innovations publicly however their attempts fell short due to

00:05:03 intricate designs involving complicated gears clutches and flywheels which lead to man uh challenging manufacturing assembly and also a subpar life cycle examining the landscape of top tier one damper suppliers reveals a notable absence of initiatives towards regenerative dampers why is that it's because suppliers primarily focus on medium

00:05:30 current OEM demands rather than proactively innovating for future Technologies research firms and individuals are no different than the oems in this regard the complexity of manufacturing makes them cost- prohibitive and their effectiveness in power generation remains insufficient before delving into the cost effectiveness of manufacturing our

00:05:58 regenerative damper it's crucial to understand how such a product is valued let's examine the Benchmark for efficiency the Lucid air is the most efficient electric vehicle currently on the market using a 118 KW hour size battery pack it's able to achieve a total driving range of 516 miles integrating a Gano damper set into the Lucid air recaptures 14 kilowatt

00:06:29 hours which increases the total driving range to 580 miles that's the equivalent of using a 132 uh KW hour sized battery pack without the additional weight considering the industry standard cost which is $150 per kilowatt hour the energy supplied by the Gano damper set is valued at

00:06:58 $2,100 the second crucial factor in determining the value of our product is its damping capability since it is a direct replacement for traditional dampers in a vehicle suspension by combining the energy value with the damper value the total product value that the automaker is currently paying is $2,850 we anticipate that the total cost

00:07:27 of manufacturing a Gano damper set will be around $1,250 incorporating a hypothetical 30% profit margin the new cost for the automaker is projected to be only $1,625 this results in a substantial 43% savings for the automaker on the added range so where does a product like this fit in the market well our products

00:07:59 Market positioning aligns with the projected growth of electric vehicles according to the current Trend it is estimated that 210 million electric vehicles will be produced from the year 2024 to 2030 considering the price for a Gano damper set the total addressable Market can be valued at $342 billion we have successfully built a

00:08:28 prototype showcased in our lab setup and electric bike suspension the demonstrated viability of our design has yielded promising results from our testing our next prototyping phase involves developing a fullscale version tailored for Road ready implementation into a vehicle along with thirdparty data collection for verification and the next steps to facilitate and accelerate

00:08:56 this process we are actively pursuing strategic Partnerships our goal is to initiate pilot programs with multiple automakers leveraging the interest already shown by Executives we have engaged with the objective is to convert these pilot programs into purchase orders propelling us into high volume production by the year 2025 while challenging entering the

00:09:21 automotive damper industry is a task we are prepared to tackle with our Innovative technology we see the potential to disrupt this market and EST Lish a firm foothold thank you sa again for granting me the opportunity to present [Applause] today thank you for presentation actually wonderful one did you approach

00:09:47 any of these giant companies like Tesla or Ford with your product it looks very interesting for them yes of course and they all seem very interested and um the problem is that the they are waiting for a road ready version of it to start those pilot programs that I spoke of um so once we are ready to start uh pilot programs which is dependent upon uh investment um we will then reapo the

00:10:20 connections that we have made with those particular companies but if you approach them and they approve your relationship with them they can invest heavily with you what we have been told by most of these companies is that we are too early in the process and that we need to show some sort of uh proof of concept with third-party data collection and for us

00:10:49 to even get to the point of proving it out with third party data collection uh we need to be able to build this in a road ready version um implement mation into a vehicle uh do you propose uh do you propose to use gas compression uh dampers or are they spring compression dampers we can do both um so the three main types of dampers that are currently

00:11:21 used in the market include electromagnetic air suspension as well as hydraulic and our regenerative component of the damper can be applied to each one of those um in fact the uh best case scenario which is probably the most expensive for the automaker would be the electromagnetic style damper um but the reason why it would be uh worked in the best way is because the magnets

00:11:53 themselves can be used electromagnetically um to not only U use power but to regenerate it as well um so in the same in the same way uh depending on the customer's needs um it can be adapted to air suspension um where the uh air is is used for damping um however the regenerative portion of the damper would add um some damping forces although not enough um and so with that

00:12:25 being said it it is more complimenting the damper in that sense in the same would go for hydraulic dampers as well so have you tested this concept against uh real life data that is captured from uh noem yes so the 25 mm uh of deflection that um is observed for every meter driven forward is actually direct data that we

00:12:59 has has been supplied To Us by bin which is a uh damper supplier um and by using that information along with many research papers which indicate uh the amount of heat wasted in a conventional damper we are able to um um align that with the amount of power that we are actually producing from our dampers uh to put it simply uh because we are able to capture 14 kwatt

00:13:32 hours of the 17 that tells you that we have about a 85% efficiency on that sorry a followup question John before I give this so all the data that you have shown is based on the assumption that there's four dampers installed on Earth yes that's right AIO damper set would replace the all of the dampers MH um you mentioned that you need an investment to be able to develop a road ready

00:13:57 prototype what level of investment over what period of time do you think it's going to take to get to that point right now we are looking uh well actually haven't announced this publicly yet but uh we are looking to raise $500,000 over the next year um so we will have a road ready version within that timeline great thank you John thank you