I am admittedly not heavy on the political theories of Marxism, so don’t feel comfortable debating it’s finer points.
However we only need 2 elements to make really gold electric car propulsion motors: iron & copper.
The need for RREs can be eliminated if we design large enough energy storage devices. RRE magnetics are really only useful in the context of brushless dc motors, which do sip power at lower RPMs, but are more difficult to assemble and service at larger sizes that would apply to car propulsion.
You're kidding, right? Maybe a 1915 Baker Electric but today's batteries, high-efficiency magnets in the electric motors, and other parts of the system, efficiency requires REEs.
You actually proposing that the US stay behind the technological curve and stick to huge lead-acid batteries because that's we used to use?
We have our own sources for REEs and we don't actually need the Chinese.