confirming that the facility has officially started production.
For years, CEO Elon Musk has been urging entrepreneurs to get into the lithium refining business, famously calling it a “license to print money.” He noted that while lithium ore is relatively abundant, the refining capacity to turn it into battery-grade lithium hydroxide was a major bottleneck in the electric vehicle industry.
Tesla eventually decided to take matters into its own hands. The automaker broke ground on its own refinery in Robstown, Texas, near Corpus Christi, in 2023 with the goal of deploying a new, more efficient refining process.
Now, just two years later, Tesla is showing off the operational plant.
A 2 year build. Very Impressive!
The above enhances Tesla vertical supply chain integration.