Comparative Design between Induction Motor and Synchronous Reluctance Motor used for Electric Vehicle Conversion

In this paper, an induction motor (IM) and a synchronous reluctance motor (SynRM) have been designed suitable for an electric vehicle (EV) conversion. For a safety reason of the EV conversion, a DC voltage is limited to 150 V. The specification of the designed motors is based on the New European Driving Cycle (NEDC) which has been applied for a passenger car. To achieve a high accuracy of a motor simulation model, a finite-element (FE) method is utilized. Both motors have been mainly compared in terms of the performance. Without a need of permanent magnet material, they have a great potential to be used for the EV conversion with the lower production cost.