A synchronous-reluctance, rotary motor-generator having a rotor, a stator, a radial air gap positioned radially between the stator and the rotor, and a conductor winding assembly. The rotor has an even number of crescent rotor poles with a gap between adjacent crescent rotor poles. Each crescent rotor pole is non-symmetric about a radially-oriented centerline of the rotor ferromagnetic flux path. Each low-reluctance direct axis of the rotor passes through at least one of the gaps between the crescent rotor poles. Each crescent rotor pole is positioned tangentially to the radial air gap. The stator is on a common center with the rotor. The stator has a stator salient pole between each coil winding slot and positioned tangentially to the radial air gap. Each stator salient pole is non-symmetric about a radially-oriented centerline of the stator-salient-pole.