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Letting in the Light

Electric Auto Association

TEVA chapter member Mark Smith gives technician training class in India. His presentation won him an engineering scholarship to Duke University. It was like the early days of the automobile industry when everything was so scattered,” Smith explained. North Carolina chapter spawns an LEV training business.

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GM and Stellantis Back Rare-Earth-Free Permanent Magnet

Cars That Think

For several years, the automobile industry has grappled with a straightforward question: Is it possible to produce a powerful, efficient, and mass-producible synchronous motor that contains no rare-earth elements at all? But “it’s not intrinsically capable of making a good magnet. It’s that simple.

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The EV Transition Explained: Reshaping Labor Markets

Cars That Think

President Biden says his EV policies will result in “one million new jobs in the American automobile industry. A Princeton University study estimates that somewhere between 777,000 to 5.1 For example, the Biden Administration has proudly proclaimed that moving to EVs will be the source of new, high-paying, jobs. One million.”.

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