Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/2mffmv/electric_motors) has announced the addition of the "Electric Motors for Electric Vehicles 2013-2023: Forecasts, Technologies, Players" report to their offering.

All electric vehicles have at least one traction motor, so the market for electric vehicle traction motors is one of the largest markets for electric vehicle parts and a primary determinant of the performance and affordability of a given vehicle. Indeed, according to this report in 2013 44.6 million electric motors will be needed for vehicles, rising to 147.7 million in 2023.

Today, the motors that propel electric vehicles on land, through water and in the air are mainly brushless because brushed commutator motors are on the way out. Most of the number and the value of those brushless traction motors lies in permanent magnet synchronous ones, notably Brushless DC "BLDC", a form with trapezoidal waveform, and Permanent Magnet AC "PMAC", a type with a sinusoidal waveform. No matter: they both have excellent performance including simple provision of reverse and regenerative braking. However, that dominance is about to change. The main reason is not those well publicised but elusive in-wheel motors coming in at two to six per vehicle but simply the move to much larger vehicles and therefore motors.

The electric motors that are required for the bulk of the market by value are becoming much higher in power and torque. For example, an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle AUV - like a torpedo but making its own decisions - can push 400 kW, a large forklift or bus delivers 250-350 kW per motor but cars typically need up to 70kW per motor with a low-cost electric bicycle merely offering a 0.25 kW motor. At the large end, torque from the traction motor is up to 6000 Nm yet only 0.2 to 0.5 Nm is needed by many two wheelers and mobility vehicles for the disabled. The heavy end is territory where the asynchronous motor is winning now that its performance has improved and the cost of the control electronics has been got under control. For example, the Heavy Industrial category refers to heavy lifting as with forklifts and mobile cranes and here IDTechEx finds that 89% fit asynchronous motors otherwise known as AC induction - brushless traction motors with no permanent magnets. Around 63% of military vehicles and 52% of large buses fit asynchronous motors on our analysis of 212 electric vehicles, past, present and planned. Toyota, world leader in electric vehicles by a big margin, is using asynchronous motors for its forklifts and buses and has now developed them for possible use on its cars, which currently use permanent magnet motors.

Publication Overview

The updated report "Electric Motors for Electric Vehicles 2013-2023: Forecasts, Technologies, Players" wrestles with all these factors. It provides detailed analysis of all these aspects, including ten year forecasts. If you are looking to understand the big picture, the opportunity, the problems you can address, this report is a must. Researched by multilingual consultants based in four countries and three continents, this report builds on ten years of knowledge of the industry. The report covers forecasts for motors by vehicle type for ten years, giving the number of vehicles by type, average motor price and total market value.

Requirements for motors and forecasts for the following vehicle types are covered:

- Hybrid cars

- Pure electric cars

- Heavy industrial

- Buses

- Light industrial/commercial

- Micro EV/quadricycle

- Golf car and motorized gold caddy

- Mobility for the disabled

- Two-wheel and allied

- Military

- Marine

- Other

Key Topics Covered

1. Executive Summary And Conclusions

2. Introduction

3. Analysis Of 129 Traction Motor Manufacturers

4. 212 Electric Vehicles And Their Motors

5. Interviews And Newly Reported Opinion On Motor Trends

6. Market Forecasts

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