Resumen de Rare earths to become rarer in electric vehicles
"We want to eliminate our need for rare earths," Schulz said. "My objective is simply to secure the cheapest and most stable supply of raw materials." Japanese car-maker Nissan joined the reduction drive in November when it said it had developed an electric motor to power an updated version of Nissan's Leaf EV, which used 40% less dysprosium than conventional EV motors.
HEVT is part of a team, joined by the University of Texas and a California-based company, General Atomics, which is trying to design better-performing motors for EVs without rare earths, funded by a $3m grant from the US Department of Energy's ARPA-E programme.
