Design-Advanced R&D Battery

    The battery testing that was conducted is used to track the voltage drop in the battery after each test run of the AEV. The voltage of the battery was tested before and after every test run.

Figure 1: Battery Voltage vs. Number of Runs

Figure 1 displays the average voltage used over the duration of the testing and the starting voltage and the ending voltage over the course of testing. There appears to be an anomaly in the second test run as the voltage use drops and then elevates higher in the third test run. This could be too faulty test equipment, a chemical deficiency in the testing battery, or a high amount of friction drawing more power to compensate for the resistance on AEV.

Figure 2 Voltage vs. Distance

If one were to look at figure 2, the anomaly that occurred in figure 1 might be explained in the second test run. The distance covered in test run 2 is significantly less than test run 1 and test run 3. This makes the heavy amount of friction of the drive axle of the AEV appear to be the culprit of a heavy amount of energy to be used to drive the AEV. Test run 3 in figure 2 also appears to be an anomaly as well. It could be tied to a significant reduction in friction allowing the AEV to travel further down the track with less electricity being consumed to complete the test run.