A Critical Review of Advanced Electric Machines and Control Strategies for Electric Vehicles

Transportation electrification has attracted much attention in modern society. Among all electrified transportation tools, electric vehicle (EV) is absolutely the one that has great potential to compete with and further take the place of traditional fossil fuel vehicles. This article is to outline and investigate advanced electric machines and their control strategies for EV applications. The key is not only to reveal new design ideas, topologies, structures, methodologies, control strategies, pros and cons, and foresight for advanced electric machines but also to fully integrate these ideas into practical EV applications. This critical review will clarify the development trends of electric machines and their controls.