A VEHICLE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

A vehicle electrical system comprising an electrical storage system (6), a first multiphase electrical machine (5a) having a plurality of stator windings (8) connected to common neutral point, a first inverter (9a) operatively connected to the electrical storage system (6) and to the first multiphase electrical machine (5a), wherein the first inverter (9a) has a plurality of switch legs (10, 11, 12) with switches (10a, 10b, 11a, 11b, 12a, 12b), a second multiphase electrical machine (5b) having a plurality of stator windings (13) connected to a common neutral point, a second inverter (9b) operatively connected to the electrical storage system (6) and to the second multiphase electrical machine (5b), wherein the second inverter (9b) has a plurality of switch legs (14, 15, 16) with switches (14a, 14b), a bidirectional buck-boost DC/DC converter operatively connected to the common neutral point of the first multiphase electrical machine (5a) and to the common neutral point of the second multiphase electrical machine (5b) and configured for using at least one stator winding of each of the first and second multiphase electrical machines (5a, 5b) as buck-boost inductance, a bidirectional AC/DC converter operatively connected to the DC/DC converter and to a charging terminal (7) with or without an intermediate electrical filter arrangement, and an electronic control system (21) for controlling operation of the vehicle electrical system.