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GM’s new RWD PHEV system for Cadillac CT6 designed for fun-to-drive high performance as well as efficiency; Volt on steroids

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GM designed the new powersplit transmission specifically to be able to use an induction machine for Motor A without a reduction in overall efficiency. Compactness, efficiency and excellent NVH were design objectives from the outset. Compactness, efficiency and excellent NVH were design objectives from the outset.

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GM Study Highlights The Increasing Technical Demands on Motors of Increasing Electrification; Bar Wound Stators as Good Present-Day Solution

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For the comparison, GM used the same package envelope, same active length, same rotor and same electromagnetic design (turns/pole) for both bar wound and conventional motors. The different dissipation between the bar wound and strand wound design is the copper loss due to the increased resistance (ie. iron loss held constant).

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How Police Exploited the Capitol Riot’s Digital Records

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The group of well-dressed young men who gathered on the outskirts of Baltimore on the night of 5 January 2021 hardly looked like extremists. on 6 January, entered New Jersey at 7:54, and proceeded southbound through Baltimore at 9:15. One of the design ideas was, can we build a ‘sad TikTok’?” It quickly.

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