Rotor squirrel cage construction

An induction motor includes a stator defining stator inner and outer diameters extending about a longitudinal axis, the stator includes a plurality of windings extending longitudinally and circumferentially about the longitudinal axis between the stator inner diameter and the outer diameter and passing an electric current therethrough to create a magnetic field, a rotor extends along the longitudinal axis having a rotor length and a rotor outer diameter less than the stator inner diameter, the rotor being rotatable about the longitudinal axis relative to the stator, the rotor includes at least one electrically conductive bar having a radial outer end and an inner end, the outer end having a notch, the at least one electrically conductive bar extending parallel to the longitudinal axis adjacent the rotor outer diameter for receiving an induced current due to the magnetic field.