Abstract: A reconfigurable rotating electric machine having a rotor to rotate in association with a stator. Coils are arranged to form the windings of one or more phases. Each coil or group of coils has a pair of terminals to receive an electrical input. Switches are arranged to connect each coil or group of coils in series or parallel with another coil or group of coils to form defined coil topology configurations. A processor has memory storing settings to determine a state of each of the switches for each of the defined coil topology configurations. The switches are controllable to connect the coils into a force expansion topology configuration to form an electrical machine having two, four, or more virtual poles.