It's the cycle of continually switching north and south that keeps an electric car motor spinning. See All 12 Photos Today's electric cars are designed to manage both AC and DC energy on board.

Electric motor/generators are generally one of two types, either AC (Alternating Current) or DC (Direct Current) and those designations are indicative of the type of electricity that they consume ...

GE Energy (NYSE: GE) is introducing a new alternating current (AC) excavator solution which consists of drives, controls and motors designed specifically for challenging surface mine applications ...

After all, you have to keep movement to a minimum in order to stop sweating. Luckily, GE Appliances’ connected AC units for windows now integrate with Amazon Alexa for voice-activated capabilities.

An EV uses an inverter to change its battery pack’s current from direct to alternating before it reaches the motor. This is an important step since the change in AC frequency made by the ...

Motors that employ SESM tend to be larger and require a direct current to turn the rotor. This DC is often supplied by slip rings or an AC induction with a rectifier. The innovation here is that ...

Motor and controller, on the bench. A so-called brushless DC motor is simply an AC motor with a bundle of electronics that turns a DC supply into an AC one to run it. They have the advantage over ...

The latter type is known as an asynchronous AC induction motor, and it's what most Teslas started out using. The biggest takeaway from this is that brushless motors are preferred over brushed ...