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Pitt partners with Powdermet to develop rare-earth-free electric motor with MnBi permanent magnets

Green Car Congress

In a 2019 paper published in Acta Materialia , Ames researchers described their efforts in optimizing the composition of the MnBi material: MnBi is an attractive rare-earth-free permanent magnetic material due to its low materials cost, high magnetocrystalline anisotropy (1.6? —Paul Ohodnicki. Jensen, Wei Tang, Xubo Liu, Alexandra I.

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Ford, Cummins and others break with industry to support strong EPA truck rule

Baua Electric

The EPA is currently finalizing new rules to limit truck emissions, and a group of manufacturers including Ford, Cummins, BorgWarner and Eaton has broken with the industry to support the upcoming “Phase 3” heavy duty emissions rules, while the rest of the industry, led by Volvo and Daimler, continues to lobby against them.

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