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Re:An electric motor that does not need expensive rare-earth... by damianpeckett on Friday November 16, 2012 @06:35PM (#4796433)
And jack all low end torque, something very important to car applications. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Variation-couple-uf.svg
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Re:An electric motor that does not need expensive rare-earth... by frankus on Friday November 16, 2012 @11:27PM (#4797182)
With a variable-frequency drive (or better yet, flux vector control) you can achieve full torque at zero speed with a squirrel-cage motor.
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