GM unveils three electric motors for its electric vehicles including Cadillac Lyriq, Chevy Silverado EV as well as the Hummer EV Pickup and promises they will power all-electric future.
General Motors is building an all-electric future with its Ultium battery technology, but we didn't hear much about the electric motors powering it. The company has addressed that by unveiling three different electric motors that will not only be mated to these batteries but will also power GM into the future.
Carl Malek from Torque News EV reporting team writes that by Making their respective debuts at the 2021 Mackinac Policy Conference, the three motors promise to offer customers a wide range of performance while also symbolizing the flexibility that the broader Ultium technology will bring to GM's product lineup.
GM's EV motors themselves are split into three categories with the 180 kW front-drive and 255 kW front and rear-drive permanent magnet motors being the ones that are responsible for the bulk of the performance work. The smaller 62 kW all-wheel-drive assist motor, on the other hand, is being envisioned as a way to bring the all-wheel-drive to some models especially if the motors themselves are mounted in each wheel.
Malek noted that in addition to the electric motors, GM also provided a glimpse into the Ultium Drive motor controller that will play a key role in making the entire Ultium technology work in vehicles. These controllers will be integrated into the power electronics themselves which not only reduces weight, but also the complexity involved in producing the inner workings of the Ultium system. A secondary benefit is that it will enhance the reliability of the system with the integration of key parts resulting in less components that can spontaneously fail while an Ultium powered vehicle is on the move.
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