This is a humorously-titled reflection after ASC 2018, aimed at figuring out why our car seemingly does worse compared to the competition. Hopefully we can identify areas of improvement, knowing that these are obtainable baselines that other teams are able to meet.
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300 miles - 242 miles = 58 miles |
Where are the other 58 miles going?
II. Array
The best output we ever got from our array was -7.2 A (Note that this was measured by our BMS Current Sense, so this was 7.2 A going into the battery. The DC-DC probably drew 0.5 - 1 A, and was fed directly from the array in the PJB.)
Onda Solare was able to go the entire race (carrying 4 passengers for a majority of the time) without resorting to external charging. They also had a slightly larger pack than ours,
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I think the official published stats for the Cruiser cars speak for themselves
| Team | Weight (kg) |
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| App State | 362 |
| Bologna | 300 |
| Minnesota | 380 |
| Waterloo | 475 |
| PrISUm | 1150 |
Considering PrISUm didn't qualify, this really does make you think 🤔
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