Skip to main content
U.S. Department of Energy
Office of Scientific and Technical Information

Low cost, compact, and high efficiency traction motor for electric and hybrid electric vehicles

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/804141· OSTI ID:804141

A new motor drive, the switched reluctance motor drive, has been developed for hybrid-electric vehicles. The motor drive has been designed, built and tested in the test bed at a near vehicle scale. It has been shown that the switched reluctance motor drive is more suitable for traction application than any other motor drive.

Research Organization:
Texas Engineering Experiment Station, College Station, TX (US)
Sponsoring Organization:
US Department of Energy (US)
DOE Contract Number:
FC02-98EE50528
OSTI ID:
804141
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English