Battery knowledge · Applications and market
Traction motor
The electric machine that drives a vehicle’s wheels, fed by the inverter from the battery and run as a generator during regenerative braking. Most are permanent-magnet synchronous motors with neodymium magnets; induction and wound-rotor machines avoid rare earths. Its peak power, often 100–300 kW in a car, sets the discharge power the pack must supply.
- Also called
- e-motor, electric machine, drive motor
Example
Applications and market: an example situation
20 kWh total energy and a ten-second 100 kW peak constrain different design aspects.
Read Traction motor alongside Electric vehicle in this context. A vehicle driven by an electric motor from a battery charged from the grid. A battery electric vehicle has no engine; it is the largest market for lithium-ion cells and the driver of most pack technology.
Use in Lemonergy
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References & further reading
Further reading on this topic
These sources provide broader context; they are not presented as citations for every statement in this entry.
- DOE/EPRI 2013 Electricity Storage Handbook in Collaboration with NRECA
Sandia National Laboratories · 2013
Topic background · Storage technologies and grid services. The publisher notes that its historical cost and deployment figures are outdated.