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Electric Car Motors: Need to know more?What types of electric car motors are there? There are a few types of electric motors out there now:  -DC series wound electric motor.
-Permanent magnet DC motor.
-Three phase AC induction motor.
-Wheel hub motors.
What are the most popular? AC motors are most commonly used in the factory built electric cars as they are much harder and more expensive to install.  DC motors would be the most popular
with the DIY enthusiasts converting their own cars, with the series wound motor being the most popular DC motor.
Wheel hub motors are really more of an experimental thing in electric cars at the moment but they are supposed to become very big in the future, with the Lightning GT set to have them. What’s really the best? It’s also much less complicated to add regenerative braking, and regenerative means more energy saved so more range. Another advantage is if you’re thinking of a conversion then it would be much easier on your transmission compared to the DC. How do they work?  The DC motor system works by when you put your foot down on the accelerator a potentiometer tells the DC controller how much voltage to give to the DC motor and that controls the power of the motor. 
The AC system works pretty much the same but requires a lot more things like six times the amount of transistors to change the DC voltage from the battery to AC, and it gets kind of hard to explain simply! Electric motors are a pretty hard concept to understand for someone who never heard of them before. I just finished secondary school and I remember spending many classes just learning how the basic AC and DC motors work! But there's no real need for you to know why electric car motors work, you just need to know the advantages and disadvantages. This definitely isn’t the most technical information you could get. There’s plenty more advice out there, especially on the internet. I have to warn you though if you’re not careful you could spend days going through the technical aspects and not end up learning anything useful, so watch out! Other How Electric Vehicles Work ArticlesElectric Car Batteries What type of batteries do you need for your electric car? Back from Electric Car Motors to How Electric Cars Work Back from Electric Car Motors to All Electric Vehicles Homepage. |
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