DETROIT — General Motors is partnering with two companies — Vacuumschmelze (VAC) and MP Materials — to source magnets for electric vehicle motors in North America. Both agreements are pieces of GM's ...

Magnets can move objects without even touching them—but how is that possible? This video breaks down how magnetic fields work ...

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 ...

Weary of being captive to geopolitics, car companies are looking for ways to replace powerful rare-earth magnets in electric ...

Noveon Magnetics Delivering Sintered NdFeB Magnets to Support Iconic GM Internal Combustion Engine Vehicle Lines and Fortify Domestic Supply Chains SAN MARCOS, Texas, Aug. 6, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- ...

Linear motors are becoming increasingly practical for general motion. Many are used for long strokes of a few feet or more. One new design, however, where the magnets move relative to a stationary ...

Never mind present-day’s bonny blather on the benefits of electric, hydrogen and biofuel power. How do you feel about magnets? Better make up your mind, stat; as of this morning, a company named ...

Toyota says it has invented a new magnet for high-energy applications like electric motors that uses a fraction of the amount of neodymium (a rare-earth element) of a standard iron, boron, neodymium ...

General Motors has spent the past year securing a domestic supply chain for the millions of electric vehicles it plans to produce by the end of the decade, everything from battery cell manufacturing ...

MP’s initial magnetics facility in Fort Worth, Texas, will source materials from Mountain Pass, California, restoring a fully integrated U.S. supply chain MP has entered a long-term agreement with ...

Warnings about magnets and gadgets have been passed down like tech folklore, often without much explanation. The reality is ...

MUNICH, Germany—ZF unveiled an electric motor that does not require magnets or rare earth materials, reducing reliance on mining in countries such as China and cutting manufacturing's carbon footprint ...