Synchronous Reluctance Motors

[Morris Minor]

Sock puppet-style expository animations on the dark magic in electric motors.


https://youtu.be/vvw6k4ppUZU

[Laconian]

The "modern design" at the end blew my mind - so incredibly clever!

What is/was the performance boost % when they switched from induction to SynRM?

[Morris Minor]

The "modern design" at the end blew my mind - so incredibly clever!

What is/was the performance boost % when they switched from induction to SynRM?

Here's a piece from Ars on why Tesla puts SynRMs at one end of their cars and induction motors at the other
https://arstechnica.com/cars/2019/04/motor-technology-from-model-3-helps-tesla-boost-model-s-range-10

And a side-by-side SynRM/Induction motor sales demo using a test rig.
https://youtu.be/ZOH1PoOOeuY