Faridabad: In a 3,500 square foot laboratory in Faridabad, northern India, engineers are fast-tracking tests on an EV motor that could help alleviate one of New Delhi’s most pressing trade and diplomatic challenges: its reliance on China for rare earths.

Unlike regular EV motors, the one being tested by Sterling Gtake E-Mobility does not use rare-earth magnets – a technology that, while not new, is uncommon and could be transformative for the world’s No. 3 car market that has been hit harder than most by China’s export curbs on the critical minerals.

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