INTEGRATED VARIABLE FLUX MEMORY MOTOR CHARGER

An integrated synchronous motor charger includes a battery, and a synchronous motor having a set of phase windings, with each phase winding thereof having an open-ended winding configuration, the synchronous motor being electrically connected to the battery via a bidirectional inverter on a first end of at least one phase winding from the set of phase windings, and to a power source on a second end of the at least one phase winding. The synchronous motor is operably shiftable between a charging mode and a driving mode, the synchronous motor allowing electric power to flow bidirectionally between the power source and the battery in the charging mode, and allowing electric power to flow bidirectionally between the battery and the synchronous motor in the driving mode.