An electric motor , comprising: a rotor having plurality of permanent magnets and defining a rotation axis; a cage winding fixed to the rotor radially outward of the permanent magnets ; a stator separated from the rotor by a radial air gap and having a power winding, wherein the stator includes a yoke extending about the rotor and a plurality of stator teeth extending radially inward toward the rotor , wherein the power winding is seated circumferentially between adjacent pairs of stator teeth, a plurality of magnetic flux diverters distributed about the stator radially between the power winding and the air gap , wherein the magnetic flux diverters are seated between adjacent pairs of stator teeth and radially inward of the power winding; wherein the magnetic flux diverters are configured to shunt magnetic flux within the stator; wherein each magnetic flux diverter includes a magnetic shunt with a control winding wrapped about the magnetic shunt, a voltage controller connected to the control windings of the magnetic flux diverters; wherein the magnetic shunt and the control winding are radially between the power winding and the radial air gap; wherein the cage winding includes a plurality of axially extending conductor rods , wherein the conductor rods are connected electrically in parallel with one another, wherein the conductor rods are seated in rotor pole shoes disposed radially outward of the permanent magnets; and wherein pairs of circumferentially adjacent conductor rods seated in a common pole shoe have a first spacing and circumferentially adjacent pairs of conductor rods seated in separate pole shoes have a second spacing , the second spacing being greater than the first spacing . a rotor having plurality of permanent magnets and defining a rotation axis; a cage winding fixed to the rotor radially outward of the permanent magnets ; a stator separated from the rotor by a radial air gap and having a power winding, wherein the stator includes a yoke extending about the rotor and a plurality of stator teeth extending radially inward toward the rotor , wherein the power winding is seated circumferentially between adjacent pairs of stator teeth, a plurality of magnetic flux diverters distributed about the stator radially between the power winding and the air gap , wherein the magnetic flux diverters are seated between adjacent pairs of stator teeth and radially inward of the power winding; wherein the magnetic flux diverters are configured to shunt magnetic flux within the stator; wherein each magnetic flux diverter includes a magnetic shunt with a control winding wrapped about the magnetic shunt, a voltage controller connected to the control windings of the magnetic flux diverters; wherein the magnetic shunt and the control winding are radially between the power winding and the radial air gap; wherein the cage winding includes a plurality of axially extending conductor rods , wherein the conductor rods are connected electrically in parallel with one another, wherein the conductor rods are seated in rotor pole shoes disposed radially outward of the permanent magnets; and wherein pairs of circumferentially adjacent conductor rods seated in a common pole shoe have a first spacing and circumferentially adjacent pairs of conductor rods seated in separate pole shoes have a second spacing , the second spacing being greater than the first spacing . <EOS>