A new and hybrid deep learning-based approach for diagnosing faults in electric vehicle (EV) drive motors is proposed in this article. This article presents a new and hybrid deep learning-based method of diagnosing faults in the drive motors of electric vehicles (EV). In contrast to standard CNNLSTM approaches that depend on SoftMax classification, the introduced framework combines a Random Forest (RF) classifier to enhance the generalization, interpretability, and robustness of fault prediction. Furthermore meant for use on edge computing equipment with IoT integration, the design allows for real-time monitoring in resource-limited settings. The introduced algorithm utilizes a Random Forest (RF) classifier for accurate fault classification after integrating the convolutional neural networks (CNN) and long short-term memory (LSTM) networks to extract both spatial and temporal features from motor data. The presented mechanism shows higher accuracy (98.1%) and computational efficiency compared to the state-of-the-art algorithms, and it can be implemented in real time on edge computing systems, facilitating continuous motor condition monitoring in electric vehicles. © 2025 IEEE.
