Em57
the nissan leaf was one of the best selling electric cars, as a result there is a large stock of these motors
the em57 is the second generation motor used in the nissan leaf. it has been used from 20xx till present
the motor is a liquid cooled ipsm motor with a theoretical peak power output of a 300kw.
The em57 utilities a stacking architecture for the power electrons, compared to the isolated em61 motor. nissan has continued to use the em57 motor in to next generation of vehicles, opening up a variety of OEM inviters to drive the motor. resulting in a mechanically plug and play inverter upgrade for the motor.
inverters currently used for the em57 motor:
- gen 2 leaf 80kw inverter
- gen3 leaf 110kw inverter
- gen3 leaf 160kw inverter
use
the motor is very powerful and capable motor, which can be for for relatively cheaply from auto-wrecks
motor couplers and adapter plates can be found here