Yeah except that Tesla is apparently not buying its Lithium locally. They are going to import it. The folks that wooed them to build here in the first place are pretty embarrassed that they did not stipulate buying the local as part of their tax breaks and what not.
The folks that wooed them to build here in the first place are pretty embarrassed that they did not stipulate buying the local as part of their tax breaks and what not.
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The article makes it sound like Nevada is still getting a good deal.
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/