Replacing of DC motor in the first Slovak electric car by an optimized switched reluctance motor

The main purpose of this paper is replacement of an existing DC motor by an optimized Switched Reluctance Motor (SRM) for an automotive application, especially for a first Slovak electric car. The SRM was optimized on the base a new optimization procedure, where input parameters were based on requirements for this vehicle e.g. maximum torque, acceleration and power at different speeds. The optimized motor was constructed and the static nonlinear and dynamic performances and parameters were measured and compared with the calculated ones.