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Look ma, no rare earths

Michael Allan McCrae | April 11, 2012 | 7:40 pm Battery Metals Asia China Europe Rare Earth 

Hitachi has built an 11-kilowatt motor that uses no rare earth materials. The motor took four years to develop, and commercial production is expected in two years. Manufacturing firms in Japan were spurred to find alternatives to rare earth since...

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