An integrated motor drive power electronics system comprising: an active line filter 'ALF' configured to control and regulate current drawn from a direct-current electric power buss to provide an unidirectional power flow, and attenuate current ripple fed back to the electric power bus; higher power motor drive electronics configured to operate directly from the output of the ALF; an energy storage capacitance coupled to the output of the ALF; a bidirectional low voltage power supply 'LVPS', lower power motor driver electronics configured to operate from the output of the bidirectional LVPS; wherein the bidirectional LVPS is configured to: provide regulated power to the lower power motor driver electronics, selectively recycle power from the lower power motor driver electronics back to the energy storage capacitance, and regulate voltage at the the lower power motor driver electronics to a predetermined output voltage; and wherein the energy storage capacitance is configured to serve as a local input power source for the higher power motor drive electronics and the bidirectional LVPS; wherein the bidirectional LVPS comprises a first discrete power converter and a second discrete power converter; wherein the first discrete power converter is configured to provide regulated power to the lower power motor driver electronics and the second discrete power converter is configured to selectively recycle power from the output of the first discrete power converter back to the energy storage capacitance and regulate the voltage at the lower power motor driver electronics to the predetermined output voltage; and wherein the energy storage capacitance is recharged by the difference between the current supplied by the ALF and the load current drawn by the higher power motor drive electronics plus the load current drawn by the bidirectional LVPS. an active line filter 'ALF' configured to control and regulate current drawn from a direct-current electric power buss to provide an unidirectional power flow, and attenuate current ripple fed back to the electric power bus; higher power motor drive electronics configured to operate directly from the output of the ALF; an energy storage capacitance coupled to the output of the ALF; a bidirectional low voltage power supply 'LVPS', lower power motor driver electronics configured to operate from the output of the bidirectional LVPS; wherein the bidirectional LVPS is configured to: provide regulated power to the lower power motor driver electronics, selectively recycle power from the lower power motor driver electronics back to the energy storage capacitance, and regulate voltage at the the lower power motor driver electronics to a predetermined output voltage; and provide regulated power to the lower power motor driver electronics, selectively recycle power from the lower power motor driver electronics back to the energy storage capacitance, and regulate voltage at the the lower power motor driver electronics to a predetermined output voltage; and wherein the energy storage capacitance is configured to serve as a local input power source for the higher power motor drive electronics and the bidirectional LVPS; wherein the bidirectional LVPS comprises a first discrete power converter and a second discrete power converter; wherein the first discrete power converter is configured to provide regulated power to the lower power motor driver electronics and the second discrete power converter is configured to selectively recycle power from the output of the first discrete power converter back to the energy storage capacitance and regulate the voltage at the lower power motor driver electronics to the predetermined output voltage; and wherein the energy storage capacitance is recharged by the difference between the current supplied by the ALF and the load current drawn by the higher power motor drive electronics plus the load current drawn by the bidirectional LVPS.