METHOD OF CONTROLLING BRAKING OF AN MULTI-PHASE ELECTRICAL MOTOR

A method of braking in an electrically powered vehicle, said vehicle including a drive system which includes a multi-phase motor electric motor, said motor comprising at least one stator group; said stator group comprising a first stator arrangement including three coils (e, e, e) and a second stator arrangement including threes coils, (e* e* e*) being angularly offset from said first coil arrangement, and where, said first arrangement is connected to respective low side and/or high side circuitry, including a low side switches () and/or high side switches () for each of the said coils respectively, adapted to selectively allow current to flow through said respective coils of said first stator arrangement from a power source, and where said second arrangements is connected to respective low side and/or high side circuitry, including a low side switches (*) and/or high side switches (*) for each of the said coils respectively, adapted to selectively allow current to flow through said respective coils of said second stator arrangement from a power source, said method comprising: for one or more of each group: for either or both of said second or first arrangements, i) setting any two of said switches in said low side circuitry to a closed state and the other switch in an open state, and setting all the switches in the high side to an open state; and/or ii) setting any two of said switches in said high side circuitry to a closed state and setting the other switch to an open state, and setting all the switches on the low side to an open state.