The company has been exclusively working on induction motors for years when they decided to switch to permanent magnet motors for the rear-wheel-drive Model 3, which has been the only Model 3 in ...

Tesla is working on a new electric motor upgrade for Model S and Model X with a more efficient permanent magnet reluctance system based on the motor Tesla developed for Model 3. As we reported ...

The Model 3 debuted with an alternative motor technology that Tesla calls a permanent magnet synchronous reluctance ... of how switched reluctance motors work. In fact, these are different types ...