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Electric Vehicles including hybrids and plug-ins

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EV world in serious trouble if China cuts off rare earth materials (www.theregister.com)
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[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

EV "world". Again the West refers to itself as the world. Some countries actually have good relations, part of BRI and Chinese companies are building EVs there.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago

xi imma be real with you

sanction when ready

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago

The cars were too cheap, right?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago

We (the U.S.) would at least consider doing the exact same thing.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

Didn't Norway just discover a shit ton of rare earth metals?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

The Reg doesn't read IEEE, apparently... https://spectrum.ieee.org/flow-battery-2666672335

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago

While flow battery idea is cool and all, it's going to be a while before it actually gets to mass production.