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MP Materials has an ambitious US rare earth supply chain strategy to fuel EV innovation

Charged EVs

Charged : I know that rare earths are used for a lot of high-tech applications, but just narrowing things down to EVs, are they used in any other EV components besides magnets? Matt Sloustcher: If you read the EV Tax Credit legislation, the sourcing restrictions on critical minerals are limited to the battery system.

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MP Materials has an ambitious US rare earth supply chain strategy to fuel EV innovation – Charged EVs

Baua Electric

Charged : I know that rare earths are used for a lot of high-tech applications, but just narrowing things down to EVs, are they used in any other EV components besides magnets? Matt Sloustcher: If you read the EV Tax Credit legislation, the sourcing restrictions on critical minerals are limited to the battery system.

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Electric Car Manufacturers Inspire New Paradigms -- Seeking Alpha

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Tax credit incentives are also available to consumers in the U.S. Today we could be using lead-acid EVs, lead-carbon-acid EVs, or nickel metal hydride or lithium-ion hybrids. market for sustainable “green” energy purchases.

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Electric Car Makers: Oregon Wants You - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Governor Kulongoski is currently pushing a plan before the state legislature to cut some hefty tax breaks for electric vehicle manufacturers who choose to come to Oregon, as well as provide huge tax credits to purchasers of electric cars. “My None of the new electric cars are planning to use old-tech lead acid batteries.

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