A deadbeat-direct torque and flux control (DB-DTFC) drive has been a promising alternative to a field oriented control (FOC) drive for general applications. This research investigates DB-DTFC drives on low switching frequency, multi-level inverter fed, high power induction machines. The investigation explores the opportunity to integrate DB-DTFC in high power applications via the following four aspects: proper modeling of cross-coupling effect at low switching and/or high fundamental frequency, torque/flux dynamics and estimation accuracy regarding Volt-sec. error and parameter mismatch, position/speed self-sensing and flux linkage-based loss manipulation. A standard indirect FOC drive is used as the benchmark to evaluate DB-DTFC performance at very low switching frequencies. This research further investigates scaling properties to apply DB-DTFC from kilowatt to several megawatt power level applications. This dissertation lays a foundation of integrating DB-DTFC into medium voltage high power drives. A methodology is contributed that maximizes the synergies of motor terminal Volt-sec. sensing, real-time parameter identification, back-EMF-based self-sensing and flux-based loss manipulation in the low switching frequency, multi-level inverter fed, DB-DTFC drives.