Traction Motor

The Nissan Leaf uses a three-phase AC synchronous motor. These motors are described in considerable detail on the OpenInverter Wiki.

EM57 motor

EM61

This motor was used by the ZE0 (2011-2012) Nissan Leaf.

EM57

This motor was used by the AZE0 (2013-2017) and ZE1 (2018-2024) Nissan Leaf.

It can operate at up to 160kW depending on which variant of Traction Motor Inverter it is attached to.

External Links

• https://openinverter.org/wiki/Nissan_Leaf_Motors