Washington, D.C., has spent the past five years fixating on rare earths—where they’re mined, how they’re processed, and who controls the magnet supply chain. That attention is overdue. But the ...

Exploring Why This 17-Year-Old's Electric Motor Is Important. Permanent magnets are a critical resource for renewables, as the generators in some wind turbines and motors in electric vehicles rely on ...

New York (CNN) — General Motors has entered into a partnership with a small Wisconsin start-up, Niron Magnetics, to develop electric motor magnets that can be made without rare elements that are ...

General Motors and Stellantis are hoping to fix a glaring hole in their electric vehicle roadmaps, with the two automakers setting their sights on a US-made magnet tech that could upend the motors ...

According to MarketsandMarkets,'EV Magnet Market by Magnet Type (NdFeB, SmCo, AINiCo, Ferrite), By Vehicle Type (Passenger EVs, Electric Buses & Trucks), By Power Rating, Application, and Region - ...

Niron Magnetics of northeast Minneapolis is commencing production of next-generation electric-motor magnets to power a greener economy with global industrial partners. Niron has built a ...

General Motors (GM) and Niron Magnetics, a company headquartered in Wisconsin, have formed a joint venture to work together on developing a type of electric motor magnet that can be made without the ...

While electric vehicles certainly offer a host of eco-friendly advantages, they're not without some asterisks, one being the rare earth materials (and harmful mining thereof) used to make the magnets ...

Rarely a week went by in 2025 without some newsworthy development related to rare earth elements, magnets, and electric motors. IEEE Spectrum was on top of the big ones, starting with the production ...

Any enthusiast will be able to tell you the seat-of-the-pants characteristics of their favorite engine. The torque-peakiness of an Eighties turbo car, the endless rev-hungry climb of a naturally ...