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A Research Project On Tesla Motor Battery

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Aljohani, Ayman
Martinez, Luis J.
EE 451, Electric Vehicles
12/10/2015

Tesla Automobile Battery
Introduction
Our idea for this research project was to investigate, in-depth, the characteristics behind the design, performance, and maintenance of the Tesla Motors automobile battery. In opposition to the Tesla Powerwall battery, and the SpaceX Hyperloop concept, also presented by Elon Musk, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of both Tesla Motors and SpaceX, as well as chairman of Solar City, our analysis of the Tesla Motors automobile battery is completely limited to the scope of the automobile – in particular, the Tesla Roadster, and Tesla Model S. Although Tesla Motors just recently came out with the Model X sport-utility-vehicle (SUV), and has a more economical Model 3 concept in the works, to be delivered two-three years from present day, most of the publicly available data was in relation to the Roadster and Model S vehicles, hence our limitation to this scope. In particular, for the design of the battery, we chose to investigate the construction of the battery cells, battery module, and battery safety. In regards to the performance enabled by this battery, we investigated the different battery packages available, in terms of energy capacity, and compared their performance to a gasoline-powered car through the quantity of MPGe – mile per gallon equivalent. Last, we delve into the maintenance and owner operation of the Tesla Motors automobile battery – comparing the

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