A vehicle electric power system comprising: at least first and second electric machines (410, 420) configured to generate respective first and second power flows, each electric machine (410, 420) comprising a plurality of multi-phase windings that are substantially magnetically decoupled, and wherein each electric machine is configured to be mechanically balanced even if one of the plurality of windings is de-energized; a first electrical channel configured to couple a generated first power flow from the first electric machine to a first electrical power bus and to a second electrical power bus; and a second electrical channel configured to couple a generated second power flow from the second electric machine to the first electrical power bus and to the second electrical power bus; wherein multiple DC channels for the vehicle electric power system are formed at least in part by the first electrical power bus and the second electrical power bus; and wherein a load within the vehicle is configured to be powered with DC voltages provided by the first and second electrical power buses (412, 422), wherein: the at least first and second electric machines (410, 420) respectively comprise first and second multi-phase winding sections, each multi-phase winding section comprising terminals for multi-phase electric power; the first electrical channel comprises first and second parallel connections to the terminals of the first multi-phase winding sections; and the second electrical channel comprises third and fourth parallel connections to the terminals of the second multi-phase winding sections. at least first and second electric machines (410, 420) configured to generate respective first and second power flows, each electric machine (410, 420) comprising a plurality of multi-phase windings that are substantially magnetically decoupled, and wherein each electric machine is configured to be mechanically balanced even if one of the plurality of windings is de-energized; a first electrical channel configured to couple a generated first power flow from the first electric machine to a first electrical power bus and to a second electrical power bus; and a second electrical channel configured to couple a generated second power flow from the second electric machine to the first electrical power bus and to the second electrical power bus; wherein multiple DC channels for the vehicle electric power system are formed at least in part by the first electrical power bus and the second electrical power bus; and wherein a load within the vehicle is configured to be powered with DC voltages provided by the first and second electrical power buses (412, 422), wherein: the at least first and second electric machines (410, 420) respectively comprise first and second multi-phase winding sections, each multi-phase winding section comprising terminals for multi-phase electric power; the first electrical channel comprises first and second parallel connections to the terminals of the first multi-phase winding sections; and the second electrical channel comprises third and fourth parallel connections to the terminals of the second multi-phase winding sections. the at least first and second electric machines (410, 420) respectively comprise first and second multi-phase winding sections, each multi-phase winding section comprising terminals for multi-phase electric power; the first electrical channel comprises first and second parallel connections to the terminals of the first multi-phase winding sections; and the second electrical channel comprises third and fourth parallel connections to the terminals of the second multi-phase winding sections.