| CPC H02P 21/16 (2016.02) [B60L 15/20 (2013.01); B60L 2240/421 (2013.01); B60L 2240/425 (2013.01)] | 11 Claims |

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1. A method for operating an electric machine having a rotatably mounted rotor (10) and at least one motor winding (13), the method comprising:
determining a temperature load of the machine (9), and
applying an electric motor current to the motor winding (13) to generate a specified desired torque (Mdesired) according to the temperature load, wherein when the temperature load exceeds a specified load threshold, a field strengthening mode of the machine (9) is activated, wherein the motor winding (13) in the field-strengthening mode is energized in such a way that the motor current has a positive field-forming current component (Id), and wherein when the temperature load falls below the load threshold, the motor winding (13) is energized in such a way that a torque-forming current component (Iq) of the motor current at least substantially matches the motor current.
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