Editing Electric motor (section)

=== Twenty-first century ===
In 2022, electric motor sales were estimated to be 800 million units, increasing by 10% annually. Electric motors consume ≈50% of the world's electricity.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gustes-Pinto |first=Paulo |date=2022-03-26 |title=This Axial-Flux Motor With a PCB Stator Is Ripe for an Electrified World |url=https://spectrum.ieee.org/axial-flux |access-date=2022-04-26 |website=IEEE Spectrum |language=en}}</ref> Since the 1980s, the market share of DC motors has declined in favor of AC motors.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Hughes |first=Austin |title=Electric motors and drives: fundamentals, types and applications |last2=Drury |first2=Bill |date=2019 |publisher=Newness |isbn=978-0-08-102615-1 |edition=5th |location=Oxford}}</ref>{{Rp|page=89}}{{clarify|reason=By units, by value, by installed horse power?|date=January 2024}}