Toyota is Working on Electric Motors that Don’t Require Chinese Rare Earths

Photo: Michael Graham Richard Necessity is the Mother of Invention Rare earth metals, which aren’t that rare, are used to make the electric motors in hybrid and electric cars, among other things. As recently mentioned, China is big far the world’s biggest producer of these elements and it has been putting restrictions on exports lately , pushing the

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Toyota is Working on Electric Motors that Don’t Require Chinese Rare Earths

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