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How to improve EV traction motor efficiency

Charged EVs

A look at improving motor efficiency in two main categories: electrical and mechanical. The vast majority of losses in an ICE vehicle occur in the conversion of chemical energy to mechanical—the so-called Carnot Efficiency—which might approach 40% in the best of cases.

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Using the PHEV (Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle) to Transition Society Seamlessly and Profitably From Fossil Fuel to 100% Renewable Energy

Green Car Congress

The PHEV (Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle), a subset of the electric car, combines a primary electric motor with a much smaller back-up engine fueled with a hydrocarbon/biofuel mix. (In There are trucks and buses being converted commercially today. Virtually any car, truck or bus can be made or redesigned as a long-range PHEV.

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