Electric vehicle sales increased 50% in 2015, outpacing the overall car market by ten times, as hybrid electric cars and components like batteries and motors boom. There is a tendency to use electric speed drives with 5-15 kW capacities to power specific vehicles like golf carts and small buses. Permanent magnet synchronous motors and induction motors are commonly used in these drives. Spending on electric motors alone was $63 billion in 2013 and is projected to reach $302 billion by 2023, highlighting the importance of speed-drive technologies in reducing CO2 emissions and their environmental impact.

1. Electric Speed Drives Technology in Transportation (ESDTT)
Bruno Osorno
California State University Northridge
AIMS2 program
Summer 2016
Abstract: Electric car sales increased by 50% during 2015, which surpassed the car
market sales by ten times1. Hybrid electric cars still is a large business. The components
industry is booming very fast with components such as batteries, supercapacitors, in
wheel-systems, transmission and electric motors, and power electronics. There is a
tendency to use electric speed drives with capacities from 5 to 15 KW for specific vehicles,
such as golf carts, cargo vehicles, lifting vehicles and small shuttle buses. Permanent
magnet synchronous motors (PMSM) and Induction Motors (IM) are the motors of choice
for drives. To put it in perspective of education, job market and state of the art technology,
in year 2013, 63 billion dollars were spent in electric motors alone and it is projected to
spend 302 billion dollars by the year 2023. This is very important in terms of CO2 pollution
and the environment as a whole. This project will introduce students into the speed-drive
technologies being utilized for electric transportation with a look into the CO2
consequences.