Editing Hybrid vehicle (section)

===Raw materials increasing costs===
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There is an impending increase in the costs of many rare materials used in the manufacture of hybrid cars.<ref name="cox">{{cite web|last=Cox |first=C |year=2008 |title=Rare earth innovation: the silent shift to china |location=Herndon, VA, US |publisher=The Anchor House |access-date=2008-03-18 |url= http://theanchorhouse.com/2008/03 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080421031224/http://theanchorhouse.com/2008/03/ |archive-date=2008-04-21 }}/</ref> For example, the [[rare-earth element]] [[dysprosium]] is required to fabricate many of the advanced [[electric motors]] and battery systems in hybrid propulsion systems.<ref name="cox"/><ref name="Nishiyama">{{citation|first=George |last=Nishiyama |title=Interview: Japan urges China to ease rare metals supply |date=2007-11-08 |publisher=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSL08815827 |access-date=2013-04-30 }}</ref> [[Neodymium]] is another rare earth metal which is a crucial ingredient in high-strength magnets that are found in permanent magnet electric motors.<ref>[http://www.choruscars.com/Chorus_NEO_WhitePaper.pdf Choruscars.com] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708150004/http://www.choruscars.com/Chorus_NEO_WhitePaper.pdf |date=2011-07-08 }}. (PDF) . Retrieved on 2012-04-18.</ref>

Nearly all the [[rare-earth elements]] in the world come from China,<ref name="haxel">{{cite journal| last = Haxel | first = G |author2=J. Hedrick |author3=J. Orris | year = 2002 | title = Rare earth elements critical resources for high technology | location = Reston, VA | publisher = United States Geological Survey | journal = USGS Fact Sheet: 087-02 | series = Fact Sheet | page = 12 |url= http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2002/fs087-02/fs087-02.pdf| doi = 10.3133/fs08702| hdl = 2027/uc1.31822030852149 | doi-access = free | bibcode = 2002usgs.rept...12H }}</ref> and many analysts believe that an overall increase in Chinese electronics manufacturing will consume this entire supply by 2012.<ref name="cox" /> In addition, export quotas on Chinese rare-earth elements have resulted in an unknown amount of supply.<ref name="Nishiyama"/><ref name="Lunn">{{cite journal|last=Lunn |first=J. |title=Great western minerals |location=London |date=2006-10-03 |url= http://www.gwmg.ca/images/file/Insinger_Report.pdf |access-date=2013-04-30 |url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130604225600/http://www.gwmg.ca/images/file/Insinger_Report.pdf |archive-date=2013-06-04 }}</ref>

A few non-Chinese sources such as the advanced [[Hoidas Lake]] project in northern Canada as well as [[Mount Weld]] in Australia are currently under development;<ref name="Lunn"/> however, the barriers to entry are high<ref>Livergood, Reed [http://csis.org/files/publication/101005_DIIG_Current_Issues_no22_Rare_earth_elements.pdf CSIS.org] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110212024126/http://csis.org/files/publication/101005_DIIG_Current_Issues_no22_Rare_earth_elements.pdf |date=2011-02-12 }}</ref> and require years to go online.