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What is Tesla’s Mystery Magnet?

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A 2019 study by Roskill Information Services in London found that more than 90 percent of the permanent magnets used in automotive traction motors were NdFeB. These magnets are weak and, more important, the world supply of cobalt is so fraught that they make up less than 2 percent of the permanent-magnet market.

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Where Plug-In Hybrid Conversions (mostly Priuses) Are

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

February 2007 (Washington, DC) Jackson EMC electricity cooperative by EnergyCS, February 2007 (Jefferson, GA), contact ashedd@jacksonemc.com GreenTomato Cars by Amberjac/EnergyCS, February 2007 (London, UK), contact simon@amberjac-projects.co.uk by Amberjac/EnergyCS, March 2007 (London, UK), contact simon@amberjac-projects.co.uk

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