Comments on: [Techno-Frontier 2011] Tokyo University of Science demonstrates rare-earth-free Motor of EVs! http://en.akihabaranews.com/102105/car/techno-frontier-2011-tokyo-university-of-science-demonstrates-rare-earth-free-motor-of-evs?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=techno-frontier-2011-tokyo-university-of-science-demonstrates-rare-earth-free-motor-of-evs Live from Japan ! Sat, 25 May 2013 00:12:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Neodimio http://en.akihabaranews.com/102105/car/techno-frontier-2011-tokyo-university-of-science-demonstrates-rare-earth-free-motor-of-evs#comment-91146 Neodimio Wed, 20 Jul 2011 17:28:00 +0000 http://www.akihabaranews.com/?p=102105#comment-91146 Oh noes… akihabara news  is accusing china of imposing trade bans of rare earths to japan.

]]> By: iron http://en.akihabaranews.com/102105/car/techno-frontier-2011-tokyo-university-of-science-demonstrates-rare-earth-free-motor-of-evs#comment-91133 iron Wed, 20 Jul 2011 08:50:00 +0000 http://www.akihabaranews.com/?p=102105#comment-91133 Have to say, this is pretty amazing.

]]> By: Tiago Santos http://en.akihabaranews.com/102105/car/techno-frontier-2011-tokyo-university-of-science-demonstrates-rare-earth-free-motor-of-evs#comment-91132 Tiago Santos Wed, 20 Jul 2011 08:32:00 +0000 http://www.akihabaranews.com/?p=102105#comment-91132 Those deposits are on the sea bed and extracting them would be quite difficult, also making the final product way to expensive.

so yes…..we are all still dependent on the chinese for this rare-earth minerals….

]]> By: andersemanuel http://en.akihabaranews.com/102105/car/techno-frontier-2011-tokyo-university-of-science-demonstrates-rare-earth-free-motor-of-evs#comment-91130 andersemanuel Wed, 20 Jul 2011 07:54:00 +0000 http://www.akihabaranews.com/?p=102105#comment-91130 Didn’t japaneese explorers just find enormous amounts of these metals in the pacific ? So China is not holding the ace anymore!

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