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 ...

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 ...

Rare-earth magnets are essential for electric motors in vehicles, drones, and trains, forming the backbone of modern, ...

UK startup Advanced Electric Machines (AEM) specialises in electric motors without rare earth metals. After securing its ...

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 ...

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 ...

Vimag Labs secures $5 million to advance its innovative magnet-free motor technology for automotive and industrial ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...