Tesla plans to buy lithium, a critical ingredient in its batteries, from a mining project that’s under development 200 miles from its battery factory near Reno, Nev.
http://fortune.com/2015/09/16/tesla-lithium-gigafactory-nevada/
That is not what they said a few weeks before that. Maybe the backlash changed their minds.
Nevada lawmakers frustrated by Tesla�s Mexican lithium deal
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3332636/posts
Electric carmaker Tesla has announced that it will obtain lithium for its batteries from two companies in northern Mexico, leaving Nevada lawmakers who approved major tax incentives for the company frustrated.