Traction inverters are crucial components of modern electrified automotive powertrains.
Advances in power electronics have enabled lower cost inverters with high reliability …

A surge in usage of electric vehicles in transportation sector over the past decade is
overwhelming. Recent trends in the design of traction inverters employed in commercially …

This paper presents a review of the state of the art of power electronics technology in both
industrial and traction drive application. Key development trends include the dominance of …

OVERVIEW: Green vehicles have become familiar sights on the road in recent years, with
growing sales of HEVs and the arrival of the first mass production BEVs. With environmental …

The electric traction drive is the main consumer of the stored energy in an electric vehicle.
Therefore, the drive system must perform with high efficiency to maximize the vehicle range …

The transition to electric road transport technologies requires electric traction drive systems
to offer improved performances and capabilities, such as fuel efficiency (in terms of MPGe …

Initially, the only electric loads encountered in an automobile were for lighting and the starter
motor. Today, demands on performance, safety, emissions, comfort, convenience …

Improving inverter selection for electric vehicles is a must when tackling overall vehicle
efficiency and reduction of traction system losses. This paper investigates the efficiency …

The standard voltage source inverter (VSI), widely used in electric vehicle/hybrid electric
vehicle (EV/HEV) traction drives, requires a bulky dc bus capacitor, typically made of …

Multiphase inverters (MPIs) continue to increase in popularity owing to their compelling
features that include enhanced fault-tolerance capability, improved per-phase power …