US: Automakers race to avoid China's EV rare earth sway ieyenews.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from ieyenews.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The auto industry s
drive to make electric vehicle motors with little to no rare
earth content has hit high gear, with European, U.S. and
Japanese automakers and suppliers racing for alternatives in.
Automakers have mostly relied on motors with rare earth-based permanent magnets, which have been the most efficient at providing the torque to power EVs.
Electric Vehicle Motors: But different types of motors without permanent magnets that were previously too big and too inefficient, or those with greatly-reduced rare earth content have become commercially viable, prompting the rush for alternatives.