Afordable BLDC drives (was Re: nubie questions)

["PETER VANDERWAL" <peterv@peoplepc.com>]

>
> One of the advantages of playing with very small EV's (like I do) is
> that high-performance AC drives, or BDC motors, become vaguely
> affordable, albeit they are still vastly more expensive than a brush
> motor. I gotta tell you, Bill, that for the smaller motors that I play
> with (up to 3HP) the better BDC motors will clean blow the pants off a
> poor old brush motor. You want some specs to back that up? Just ask.
>

Ok dish, specs, price, availability etc.  I want a 1 to 1.5 hp BLDC drive
real bad. :-)