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To: Brumar89 who wrote (22390)7/29/2010 9:18:47 PM
From: Eric  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 86356
 
Hey bummer. Tesla just updated their website and they finally address the motor design. This is a better discription of it.

No permanent magnets, no exotic materials, no rare earths!

Zip, nada, none.

"Some motors use permanent magnets, but not the Roadster motor; the magnetic field is created completely from electricity."

Just like the vast majority of electric motors used in industry, your house, ect.

teslamotors.com