Ncite2 - re: rare earths not needed?The reasons car manufacturers are stating they are trying to engineer around REES is:
1. Because they will say anything they can to try to prevent a mania that has already started that increases the price of the little that's out there.
2. Because they are are trying (but flailing) at an attempt to work around REEs. (ie the indiction motor problems with heat dissipation have not been solved at all, so this is more dream than reality. (We are talking many years! if ever)
3. It sounds good to shareholders of those companies. PR stuff. Do you know how long they were talking about Hybrid cars BEFORE they ever came out? Do a google search and find out. lol
By the time they find any kind of replacement shareholders here (and with other good REE companies) will be laughing their way to the bank.
Good luck to you and to all,
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