Motor Free of Rare Earth Metals from Toyota?

January 25th, 2012 by Zachary Shahan

Rare earth metals are not, by definition, rare (even though it sounds that way). Though, some are harder to come by than others and some countries (especially China) have essential monopolies on some. So, reducing dependency on these metals is important for cleantech (as well as non-cleantech) companies. Toyota’s well aware of that, and is working on it:

Toyota’s Working On Motor Free Of Rare Earth Elements (via Gas 2.0)

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