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>getting rare earth minerals I don't know about other electric cars, but this one doesn't use rare earth metals in the motor or battery. They use an AC inducti
by schiffern 13y ago
>getting rare earth minerals
I don't know about other electric cars, but this one doesn't use rare earth metals in the motor or battery. They use an AC induction motor that doesn't require permanent magnets, invented by Nikola Tesla actually.
http://www.teslamotors.com/it_CH/forum/forums/no-rare-earth-metals-model-s http://www.teslamotors.com/it_CH/forum/forums/no-rare-earth-...
- roskilli 13y agoI believe he was referencing the Uranium required for Nuclear Reactors that currently is the most efficient/green standard for generating electricity at scale, althought Thorium-based nuclear power could well solve the "rare" issue http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thorium-based_nuclear_power http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thorium-based_nuclear_power
- ericd 13y agoWe also waste >95% of the uranium and generate a lot more high grade waste due to our once-through policy, so there's that...