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- Elon Musk announced the Cybercab motor contains no rare-earth elements.
- He posted on Friday the motor keeps the same range without rare earths.
- Analysts said scaling the motor will be hard and unlikely to curb China’s rare-earth leverage.
- David Zhang, secretary of the Intelligent Vehicle Engineering Association, called the motor a commercial concept.
- Zhang said it is unclear if the motor can match efficiency of conventional rare-earth permanent-magnet motors.
