Permanent magnet brushless DC wheel motor for electric vehicles

• Main Author: Chen, Guhong.
• Other Authors: Tseng, King Jet
• Format: Theses and Dissertations
• Language: English
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Electrical and electronic engineering::Electric apparatus and materials
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/19607
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This thesis presents a novel direct wheel motor drive for electric vehicles (EVs). The proposed motor is a permanent magnet square-wave motor whose rotor with rare earth magnets forms the exterior of the motor which can be fitted with a wheel tyre to realize the direct drive for each rear wheel of a...