System and method for a mission-based battery status display for electric vehicles

1. A system for displaying operating data for a re-chargeable battery for an electric vehicle, comprising:

the re-chargeable battery for powering components of the electric vehicle;

a sensor for the re-chargeable battery that detects a present level of charge in the re-chargeable battery; and

a display that receives the present level of charge of the re-chargeable battery from the sensor, and shows,

the present level of charge in the re-chargeable battery,

a required endurance level for the re-chargeable battery, where the required level of endurance is based on a planned operational parameter for the electric vehicle, where the planned operational parameter for the vehicle is automatically determined from a flight plan for an aircraft by a flight management system (FMS),

a minimum charge level in the re-chargeable battery that meets the required endurance level of the re-chargeable battery, and

an amount of re-charge time for the re-chargeable battery to achieve the minimum charge level in the re-chargeable battery.

2. The system of claim 1 , where the electric vehicle is an aerial vehicle.

3. The system of claim 1 , where the planned operational parameter for the electric vehicle is manually entered by an operator of the electric vehicle.

4. The system of claim 1 , where the minimum charge level includes a buffer to allow for an increased required endurance level of the re-chargeable battery during operations.

5. The system of claim 1 , where the re-charge time for the re-chargeable battery is calculated based on historical recharge data of the re-chargeable battery.

6. The system of claim 1 , where the re-charge time for the re-chargeable battery is calculated based on an age of the re-chargeable battery.

7. The system of claim 1 , where the re-charge time for the re-chargeable battery is calculated based on a temperature of the re-chargeable battery.

8. A system for displaying operating data for a re-chargeable multi-battery pack for an electric vehicle, comprising:

a re-chargeable multi-battery pack for powering components of the electric vehicle, where the re-chargeable multi-battery pack comprises a plurality of individual re-chargeable batteries;

a sensor that detects a present level of charge in each re-chargeable battery; and

a display that receives the present level of charge of each re-chargeable battery from the sensor, and shows,

the present level of charge in each re-chargeable battery,

a required endurance level for the re-chargeable multi-battery pack, where the required level of endurance is based on a planned operational parameter for the electric vehicle, where the planned operational parameter for the vehicle is automatically determined from a flight plan for an aircraft by a flight management system (FMS),

a minimum total charge level for the re-chargeable multi-battery pack that meets the required endurance level of the re-chargeable battery, and

an amount of re-charge time for each re-chargeable battery to achieve the minimum total charge level for the re-chargeable multi-battery pack.

9. The system of claim 8 , where the display further shows an operational status of each re-chargeable battery in the re-chargeable multi-battery pack.

10. The system of claim 9 , where the operational status of each re-chargeable battery comprises an uninstalled re-chargeable battery.

11. The system of claim 9 , where the operational status of each re-chargeable battery comprises a completely discharged re-chargeable battery.

12. A method for displaying operating data for a re-chargeable battery for an electric vehicle, comprising:

detecting a present level of charge in the re-chargeable battery with a sensor, where the re-chargeable battery powers components of the electric vehicle;

receiving the electric vehicle's location from a global positioning system (GPS) sensor;

computing the electric vehicle's position along a flight plan using the electric vehicle's location;

receiving the present level of charge of the re-chargeable battery from the sensor with a display; and

showing on the display,

the present level of charge in the re-chargeable battery,

a required endurance level for the re-chargeable battery relative to the electric vehicle's position along the flight plan, where the required level of endurance is based on a planned operational parameter for the electric vehicle, where the planned operational parameter for the vehicle is automatically determined from the flight plan for an aircraft by a flight management system (FMS),

a minimum charge level in the re-chargeable battery that meets the required endurance level of the re-chargeable battery, and

an amount of re-charge time for the re-chargeable battery to achieve the minimum charge level in the re-chargeable battery.

13. The method of claim 12 , where the displayed required endurance level for the re-chargeable battery is continuously re-calculated during operation of the electric vehicle.

14. The method of claim 13 , where the required endurance level for the re-chargeable battery is re-calculated based on a present discharge rate of the re-chargeable battery.

15. The method of claim 12 , where the display further shows,

an alert message for the operational status of the re-chargeable battery.

16. The method of claim 15 , where the alert message comprises hours until maintenance is required for the re-chargeable battery.

17. The method of claim 15 , where the alert message comprises hours until a replacement is required for the re-chargeable battery.

18. The method of claim 15 , where the alert message comprises hours until a failure warning for the re-chargeable battery.