The AC motor in my washing machine has been running for 15 years.

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Each wheel runs on its own AC motor, transmission, brake and controller.

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An AC electric motor is a smallish hunk of metal wrapped in wire.

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It combines a 2-liter DOHC 16V Duratec (Atkinson cycle) engine and CVT with an AC synchronous motor powered by a 7.6kWh Lithium Ion battery.

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The battery powers a high-response 80kW AC synchronous motor, rated at 107 horsepower and 187 lb-ft of torque, which drives the front wheels through a single speed reducer.

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The 2.5-liter inline 4-cylinder gas engine and permanent magnet AC synchronous electric motor in the MKZ deliver 191 net horsepower, a modest amount of power for a 3, 752 lb vehicle.

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The Signature Performance model is powered by a 416-horsepower AC synchronous electric motor producing 443 pound-feet of torque between zero and 5, 100 rpm, with a zero-to-60-mph acceleration of 4.4 seconds and a quarter-mile elapsed time of 12.6 seconds.

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Nikola Tesla's invention of the electric induction motor in 1883 only strengthened AC's industrial dominance, since the motors ran only on AC.

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