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Tesla's New Motor

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According to the video, "Tesla's next generation Permanent Magnet motors have completely ELIMINATED Rare Earth Metals and will reduce silicon carbide in the microchips.

Their new powertrain engine is said to undercut competitors with a much cheaper design that will be 2 to 3 times less in cost."

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Any YouTube video title slide that includes an image of Elon Musk, uses the words "insane" or "shock", or does a graphic overlay on an image of a physical device, is likely pile of crap. This has the whole trifecta, so it's undoubtedly not worth the time to watch.

Now, as for specific technology:
According to the video, "Tesla's next generation Permanent Magnet motors have completely ELIMINATED Rare Earth Metals and will reduce silicon carbide in the microchips.
There are lots of permanent magnets without rare earths - they just don't generally perform well enough for EVs. Anything billing this as "insane" or "shocking" is nonsense.

Here's a rational article, which can be found with brucedp5's suggested search:
Electrek: Tesla is going (back) to EV motors with no rare earth elements
Note that it does not include the words "insane" or "shock" anywhere.
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