As NACFE has so well coined the phrase, we are in the "messy middle", a time when there are many solutions to decarbonize trucking. They start with improving fuel economy of diesel-powered vehicles, ...

DETROIT — General Motors is partnering with two companies — Vacuumschmelze (VAC) and MP Materials — to source magnets for electric vehicle motors in North America. Both agreements are pieces of GM's ...

Exploring Why This 17-Year-Old's Electric Motor Is Important. Permanent magnets are a critical resource for renewables, as the generators in some wind turbines and motors in electric vehicles rely on ...

General Motors has taken two more steps to make sure it has the raw materials for the transition from petroleum to battery power, this time lining up magnets for electric vehicle motors. On Thursday ...

Rarely a week went by in 2025 without some newsworthy development related to rare earth elements, magnets, and electric motors. IEEE Spectrum was on top of the big ones, starting with the production ...

While electric vehicles certainly offer a host of eco-friendly advantages, they're not without some asterisks, one being the rare earth materials (and harmful mining thereof) used to make the magnets ...

If you think the Volt was ahead of its time, wait until you learn about the Owen Magnetic — a revolutionary hybrid that ...

The incredible power of electric motors can only be matched by how difficult it is to make them. These things need magnets to work, and magnets are made from rare earth elements, which are difficult ...

The EC 40 brushless dc motor uses neodymium permanent magnets and has a stainless-steel housing with welded flanges. It has a very flat speed/torque gradient (about 3.6 rpm/mNm), a mechanical time ...

Energy efficiency – either for electric or ICE cars – is achieved by one of these three pillars: mass, aerodynamics or powertrain. Researchers from the Carnegie Mellon University will be able to ...