The graph above shows the Distance vs. Voltage tests without the load for the battery test. The trend line for the graph shows that when the battery has more voltage, it is able to travel a further distance. Without the load the AEV was able to travel further than with the load which makes sense because adding the load adds more weight to the AEV. The data agrees with our thoughts on what happen because when the AEV has less power to work with, it should not go as far.
The above graph shows the average voltage across multiple runs without the load. As the number of runs increases, the voltage of the battery drops. This makes sense since that as different runs are preformed the AEV takes up energy from the battery causing the voltage level to drop within the battery.
The graph above show the Distance vs. Voltage tests with the load. The trend line for this data shows that the AEV was able to travel further when the power was less. With the load, the AEV wasn’t able to go as far as the AEV without the load which makes sense because there is more weight on the AEV. The data does not agree with what we thought because with less power, the AEV should not be able to travel as far but it does. This may be due to some errors with collecting data because the voltage drop was small.
The graph above shows the average voltage across multiple runs with the load. As the number of runs preformed increases the voltage in the battery drops. The average drop of voltage with the load is higher than without the load. This makes sense as with the load the AEV has a higher mass making it harder to accelerate and decelerate, which in turn causes it to take up more energy.