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Originally Posted by Pdelcast
There are reasons we build the motors in China -- mainly supply of rare earths. It's difficult to export rare earth in quantity from China -- the Chinese govt. has a stranglehold on the exports of rare earths.
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That's an interesting bit of info. Useless to me but still interesting.
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Originally Posted by Pdelcast
Also, it would be extremely difficult to build the motors in the USA, and still be able to offer them to OEMs like Traxxas -- the labor time involved in winding a good quality motor precludes us from being able to build the motors in the USA and still offer them at a price which would acceptable.
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I don't mean to offend but that sounds to me exactly like what C5Quad was saying. Though, I don't assume all companies are killing the pig in these times.