keywords AC motor drives CARRIER-BASED PWM Engineering Engineering, Electrical & Electronic HYBRID Harmonic analysis INDUCTION-MOTOR INVERTER MULTICARRIER PWM MULTILEVEL CONVERTERS Modulation POTENTIAL BALANCING ALGORITHM Power harmonic filters SELECTIVE HARMONIC ELIMINATION SPACE-VECTOR MODULATION Science & Technology Space vector pulse width modulation Stators Switches Switching frequency TRAJECTORY TRACKING CONTROL Technology Transportation Transportation Science & Technology multilevel inverters (MLIs) synchronous optimal pulsewidth modulation (PWM) total harmonic distortion (THD) trajectory tracking control voltage source inverters (VSIs)