Fault-tolerant in-wheel motor topologies for high-performance electric vehicles

IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1249-1257

  Ifedi, Chukwuma J ^a   Mecrow, Barrie C ^a   Brockway, Simon T M ^b   Boast, Gerard S ^c   Atkinson, Glynn J ^a   Kostic Perovic, Dragica ^d  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b EVO Electric Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^c Anglo EV Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^d Protean Electric Limited   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Drag torque; drivetrain; electric propulsion; electric vehicles (EVs); fault tolerance; hub motor; in wheel; submotor

Indexed keywords

DRAG TORQUE; DRIVETRAIN; ELECTRIC VEHICLES (EVS); HUB MOTORS; IN-WHEEL; SUBMOTOR;

ALL WHEEL DRIVE VEHICLES; ELECTRIC PROPULSION; ELECTRIC VEHICLES; FAULT TOLERANCE; HYBRID VEHICLES; TORQUE MOTORS; WHEELS;

VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

EID: 84877917504     PISSN: 00939994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIA.2013.2252131     Document Type: Article

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