A hybrid permanent magnet/induction motor, starting as an induction motor and transitioning to synchronous operation, the motor comprising: a housing, a motor shaft; a fixed stator with stator windings and a stator back iron for creating a rotating stator magnetic field; a rotating rotor, wherein the rotor resides inside the fixed stator, comprising: an inductive rotor co-axially fixed to the motor shaft; and a permanent magnet rotor coaxially with the motor shaft and variably rotationally coupled to the motor shaft by a clutch allowing the permanent magnet rotor to rotate independently of the motor shaft; wherein the stator magnetic field cooperates with the permanent magnet rotor to accelerate the rotation of the permanent magnet rotor to be in sync with the rotation of the stator magnetic field, characterized in that the permanent magnet rotor resides inside the inductive rotor, the inductive rotor includes a squirrel cage to induce current, the stator magnetic field cooperates with the squirrel cage to induce current in the inductive rotor whenever the rotation of the inductive rotor is not in sync with the rotation of the stator magnetic field, and the inductive rotor includes bars reaching nearly the entire depth of the inductive rotor to avoid flux leakage and extend the stator magnetic field into the permanent magnet rotor. a housing, a motor shaft; a fixed stator with stator windings and a stator back iron for creating a rotating stator magnetic field; a rotating rotor, wherein the rotor resides inside the fixed stator, comprising: an inductive rotor co-axially fixed to the motor shaft; and a permanent magnet rotor coaxially with the motor shaft and variably rotationally coupled to the motor shaft by a clutch allowing the permanent magnet rotor to rotate independently of the motor shaft; wherein the stator magnetic field cooperates with the permanent magnet rotor to accelerate the rotation of the permanent magnet rotor to be in sync with the rotation of the stator magnetic field, characterized in that the permanent magnet rotor resides inside the inductive rotor, the inductive rotor includes a squirrel cage to induce current, the stator magnetic field cooperates with the squirrel cage to induce current in the inductive rotor whenever the rotation of the inductive rotor is not in sync with the rotation of the stator magnetic field, and the inductive rotor includes bars reaching nearly the entire depth of the inductive rotor to avoid flux leakage and extend the stator magnetic field into the permanent magnet rotor. an inductive rotor co-axially fixed to the motor shaft; and a permanent magnet rotor coaxially with the motor shaft and variably rotationally coupled to the motor shaft by a clutch allowing the permanent magnet rotor to rotate independently of the motor shaft; wherein the stator magnetic field cooperates with the permanent magnet rotor to accelerate the rotation of the permanent magnet rotor to be in sync with the rotation of the stator magnetic field, characterized in that the permanent magnet rotor resides inside the inductive rotor, the inductive rotor includes a squirrel cage to induce current, the stator magnetic field cooperates with the squirrel cage to induce current in the inductive rotor whenever the rotation of the inductive rotor is not in sync with the rotation of the stator magnetic field, and the inductive rotor includes bars reaching nearly the entire depth of the inductive rotor to avoid flux leakage and extend the stator magnetic field into the permanent magnet rotor.