Mota yemagetsi ndeye motokari yakachena yemagetsi iyo ine mabhatiri (mabhatiri) uye anotyairwa nemutori (DC, ac, nhepfenyuro yekunze, yekunze. Ngatidzidze nezve hupenyu hwebasa hwemotokari yemagetsi yakagoverwa nevatariri vemotokari nyowani.

Hupenyu hwebhatiri, hupenyu hwebhatiri hwemotokari yemagetsi hunokanganiswa nezvakawanda zvinhu, zvakadai se mugadziri, mhando yebhatiri, saizi, kugona uye nharaunda. Mumamiriro ezvinhu akajairika, hupenyu hwebhatiri hwemotokari yemagetsi kazhinji makore maviri kusvika mana, uye chinhambwe chakadai chakafanana.

Nzvimbo iyo iyo mota yemagetsi inoshandiswa zvakare chimwe chezvinhu zvinokanganisa hupenyu. Semuenzaniso, nharaunda iyo mota yakamiswa, mamiriro emigwagwa, iyo mamiriro ekunze, nezvimwe zvinhu zvinokanganisa hupenyu hwemotokari yemagetsi.

Hupenyu hwekushandira hwemotokari yemagetsi kazhinji huri pakati pemakore matatu kusvika mashanu, asi kana muridzi akazvichengetedza nemazvo mota zvinyoro-nyoro, inogona kuwedzerwa kusvika pamakore gumi kana zvakare. Kuti udzivirire mota bhatiri, inodikanwa kuti utarise kutarisirwa kwezuva nezuva nekugadzirisa, sezuva uye kudzivirirwa kwemvura, kudzivirira nzira dzekuputika uye dzimba dzemhando yepamusoro.