If the ultimate goal of electric vehicles is cleaner transportation in the future, there’s more at stake than just tailpipe emissions. You also have the minerals used to create EV batteries and electric motors, many of which are mined and refined in a less-than-green fashion – or are located in a country that’s not exactly friendly with the United States. Some of those challenges are exactly what General Motors hopes to overcome with a new partnership with a U.S. startup that seeks to make more “sustainable” magnets within electric motors.
