In recent years, synchronous reluctance motor (SynRM) has attracted the attention of researchers and well-known companies have been involved in designing and manufacturing electric motors due to its simplicity. The current study aimed to provide a comprehensive approach to design a series of SynRMs using both combined methods and finite element analysis to achieve an algorithm which is based on the similarity between flux lines and the shape of flux barriers to achieve both maximum torque and minimum torque ripple. In this paper, a SynRM is designed for a specific electric vehicle. Consequently, study cases with a different number of both flux barriers and poles, are analyzed and optimized in each case. Finally, the optimal specifications of the motors are compared in different cases and the best one is selected. Accordingly, the design parameters are identified and optimized through the Taguchi method and then, the obtained results are evaluated through finite element analysis. To achieve both maximum torque and minimum torque ripple in a range of power between 150 to 750 watts, three different number of poles with a constant number of slots (per pole per phase) at the same size for all the described motors are considered. The validity of the proposed method is confirmed through the experimental test results.