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Test subject: "Tweety"
Tweety is a Myers Motors NmG that serves three purposes:
1) To conveniently carry the bulk of routine
commuting.
2) As a public demonstration of electric vehicle viability.
3) As a battery management test subject
for Hot Juice Electric, LLC.
Each of these services are complimentary. For example since
Tweety carries the bulk of routine commuting, lots of miles are logged for testing. As a demonstration vehicle, Tweety
is driven hard. That is, to promote EV's, the slow, lethargic stereotype is aggressively busted.
As a
result, the batteries are worked hard. They get three, 50% to 70% DOD cycles each day (one 50% and two 70% DOD).
Each cycle includes full charge including equalization charge.
Two test packs were use during BEQ1 development:
Optima D34M, and
Odyssey PC1200.
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