Electric VehiclesRauch & Lang Six passenger Brougham 1909As early as 1899, Nikolaus August Otto, inventor of the four-stroke liquid gas engine, was convinced that electric propulsion would eventually have its hour of glory. His forecast was ultimately confirmed this year. The automobile industry may be on the…21 Diciembre 2011 / V. Christian Manz
Electric Vehicle Motors In this article we share some of our research for the new IDTechEx report, "Electric Motors for Electric Vehicles 2012-2022" www.IDTechEx.com/Emotors.Today, the motors that propel electric vehicles on land, through water and in the air are mainly brushless because brushed commutator motors are on the way out. Most of the number and the value of those brushless traction motors lies in permanent magnet synchronous ones, notably Brushless DC "BLDC", a form with trapezoidal…08 Octubre 2011 / Dr. Peter Harrop Chairman