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I came across a product that might do the trick. Vestwoods has a 220Ah Battery at 25.6V with a 200A BMS. As a bonus, it has bluetooth connectivity. Vestwoods look like they make whole house systems so maybe quality is OK? Anybody have issues? Thanks!

Thanks for the reply. I expect to swap out batteries 5 times per day. The vehicle only weighs ~250kg without batteries so I would like to keep the total battery weight to about 100 kg. My first back of envelope calcs was 4x 200 ah batteries while 4x more are charging. Batteries would be swapped...

I am participating in a NASA robot contest and I want to ask if large LiFePO4 batteries are a viable alternative to cu$tom packs? Basic details are this: - Robot has to run for 15 days/nights as continuously as possible. - Location is Southern CA desert. Temps expect to range from ~95F to ~50F -...