We're working on a few aspects of the design at the moment. The build is split into a couple of core components: the motor (and it's controller), the battery, transmission, differential, lane-assist, and software/UI. Each one of these sections has to go through phases of research and design before we source parts and integrate.
For instance, here's a wiring diagram of our battery (at the moment).
You can easily see that our design in composed of four large battery packs wired together. Each pack is capable of a maximum 220 Amps discharge rate at 48 Volts.
By placing the packs end-to-end (top left wired to bottom left, and top right wired to bottom right) we are able to double the voltage to 96 Volts, which we will be designing the car to use.
By wiring the packs parallel to each other (Left side of photo wired to right side of photo) we are able to increase the capacity of the system, and increase the maximum discharge rate to 440 Amps at 96 Volts.
The 27S BMS Module is a battery management system that is used to ensure the batteries are charged and discharged safely. You can see that the system has a series of cables connecting to the 13 smaller battery banks in each of the four battery packs.
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