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Who designs the electric motors in electric and hybrid cars?

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I am a mechanical engineering graduate student working on hybrid electric vehicle energy management strategies. read more

Together, they design an electric motor that can provide enough torque and power to provide satisfactory driving experience for the end-user, the driver. In typical hybrid cars of today, PMSM (permanent magnet synchronous motor) is very popular. read more

In 1905, Henri Pieper of Germany/Belgium introduced a hybrid vehicle with an electric motor/generator, batteries, and a small gasoline engine. read more

Geneva Motor Show 2015: car manufacturers are helping to change outdated perceptions of hybrid and electric vehicles by using the technologies in faster, sleeker cars, finds Dezeen's motoring correspondent Ross Bryant. read more

He went on to test and market the Patton Motor Car, a gas-electric hybrid system used to drive tram cars and small locomotives. A gasoline engine drove a generator that served to charge a lead acid battery in parallel with the traction motors. read more

Hybrids also use an internal combustion engine—and can be fueled like normal cars—but also have an electric motor and battery. By using both a conventional engine and electric motor, the best hybrids achieve significantly better fuel efficiency than their non-hybrid counterparts. read more

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