To improve the torque control accuracy of an open‐winding permanent magnet synchronous motor with common DC bus, this paper studies a complex vector proportional–integral (CVPI) controller with the help of a proportional–integral (PI) controller to solve the problem of torque ripple caused by the current harmonics caused by the back electromotive force of the motor and the nonlinearity of the inverter. The controller has a higher gain at the center frequency and can realize the tracking of the alternating current (AC) quantity without static error. Therefore, it is used for the tracking control of current harmonics. According to the different characteristics of the dq0‐axis, complex j is realized by orthogonal characteristics and all‐pass filter in the dq‐axis and 0‐axis, respectively. At the same time, with the help of Ansys, Simplorer, and Matlab/Simulink tools, the co‐simulation platform for an open‐winding motor is established, and the motor parameters are optimized. The simulation and experimental results show that the control strategy based on CVPI has stronger harmonic suppression ability, smaller torque ripple, and better dynamic performance than proportional‐resonance (PR) control.