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REE producers pushback on Tesla plans

Rare earth elements (REE) producers and analysts have said US carmaker Tesla is being unrealistic in a pledge to drop the use of rare earths in its future electric vehicle models due to health and environmental risks.

 Musk next to a Tesla Model S, 2011

Musk next to a Tesla Model S, 2011

Elon Musk said at his March 1 investor day that Tesla's next generation of cars would see a "complete paradigm change", including new powertrains that use no rare earth-based magnet motors, spurring a...

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