Combined induction-type electrical machine and braking arrangement with stator current control

A combined induction-type electrical machine and braking arrangement for use in a heavy vehicle, comprising:

• a stator configured to be coupled to a body of the vehicle, the stator comprising stator windings;
• a rotor configured to be coupled to at least one wheel of the vehicle, the rotor comprising rotor conductors;
• a current sensing arrangement configured to sense the induced current flowing through at least one rotor conductor of the rotor conductors;
• a configuration switching arrangement coupled to the current sensing arrangement and to the rotor conductors of the rotor and configured to switch from a first configuration in which induced current flowing through the rotor conductors experiences a first total resistance to a second configuration in which induced current flowing through the rotor conductors experiences a second total resistance, higher than the first total resistance, in response to receiving a predefined first signal from the current sensing arrangement;
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• a controller configured to control a stator current supplied to the stator windings in such a way that the induced current in the rotor conductors results in the first signal from the current sensing arrangement.