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Released December 19, 2024 | SUGAR LAND
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Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Over the weekend, U.S. electric vehicle company Tesla Incorporated (NASDAQ:TSLA) (Austin, Texas) reported that it has started operating its grassroot lithium refinery in Robstown, Texas, just outside of Corpus Christi. The move gives the automaker greater control over the supply of lithium used to manufacture the batteries that power its vehicles. With the move, Tesla has introduced the first large-scale lithium refinery in the U.S. and becomes the first U.S. automaker to directly own such a facility.
Using the X social media platform over the weekend, Tesla posted, "This week, we fed raw material through our kiln of our lithium refinery outside of Corpus Christi, TX for the very first time. Increasing lithium refining capacity is critical to a sustainable energy economy."
When construction of the grassroot plant began in May 2023, Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk said it would produce enough lithium for 1 million vehicles per year by 2025. As the plant ramps up to this production, Tesla is preparing to ship the resulting lithium hydroxide to various Tesla battery-manufacturing sites. Subscribers to Industrial Info's Global Market Intelligence (GMI) Project Database can learn more by viewing the project report.
Among the factories that could be supplied with the lithium hydroxide is Tesla's gigafactory in Sparks, Nevada, where the company is underway with a $3.6 billion expansion project. The project entails constructing two buildings totaling approximately 4 million square feet. These will serve as both for battery production and the manufacture of Tesla's heavy duty Semi truck. On the battery side, the plant will be equipped to produce 100 gigawatt-hours of batteries per year, or enough for about 1.5 million light-duty vehicles annually. The project is expected to be completed in late 2025 or early 2026. Subscribers can click here to learn more about the project.
And those aren't the only Tesla projects in the U.S. involving batteries and vehicles. A couple of other projects are in the process of winding down at the company's plant on the outskirts of Austin, Texas. To help it achieve greater volumes of battery production, Tesla is constructing a battery cathode plant at the site. The new cathode plant will directly support Tesla's 4680 battery cell production, which is what will be manufactured at the Nevada plant, accelerating the output of Tesla's Model Y and Cybertruck models at the Texas plant. Subscribers can learn more by viewing the project report.
Tesla also is putting the finishing touches on a battery plant in Austin to manufacture batteries for the Cybertruck, Semi, Roadster 2 and Model Y. Subscribers can click here to learn more.
Tesla has several lithium suppliers and in 2023 struck a deal for the supply of spodumene concentrate, a raw material used in lithium-ion battery production, with Piedmont Lithium Incorporated (NASDAQ:PLL) (Belmont, North Carolina) to run through 2025, with the potential to expand the agreement for another three years. The spodumene concentrate will be sourced from the North American Lithium site in Quebec, which Piedmont owns jointly with Sayona Mining Limited (Brisbane, Australia). After the revised agreement with Tesla was reached, Piedmont and Sayona broke ground on an expansion at the recently restarted mine that will enable the site to produce about 190,000 tons per year of spodumene concentrate from 1.5 million tons per year of milled feedstock. The project is expected to be completed this summer. Subscribers to Industrial Info's Metals & Minerals Project Database can learn more by viewing the project report.
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Using the X social media platform over the weekend, Tesla posted, "This week, we fed raw material through our kiln of our lithium refinery outside of Corpus Christi, TX for the very first time. Increasing lithium refining capacity is critical to a sustainable energy economy."
When construction of the grassroot plant began in May 2023, Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk said it would produce enough lithium for 1 million vehicles per year by 2025. As the plant ramps up to this production, Tesla is preparing to ship the resulting lithium hydroxide to various Tesla battery-manufacturing sites. Subscribers to Industrial Info's Global Market Intelligence (GMI) Project Database can learn more by viewing the project report.
Among the factories that could be supplied with the lithium hydroxide is Tesla's gigafactory in Sparks, Nevada, where the company is underway with a $3.6 billion expansion project. The project entails constructing two buildings totaling approximately 4 million square feet. These will serve as both for battery production and the manufacture of Tesla's heavy duty Semi truck. On the battery side, the plant will be equipped to produce 100 gigawatt-hours of batteries per year, or enough for about 1.5 million light-duty vehicles annually. The project is expected to be completed in late 2025 or early 2026. Subscribers can click here to learn more about the project.
And those aren't the only Tesla projects in the U.S. involving batteries and vehicles. A couple of other projects are in the process of winding down at the company's plant on the outskirts of Austin, Texas. To help it achieve greater volumes of battery production, Tesla is constructing a battery cathode plant at the site. The new cathode plant will directly support Tesla's 4680 battery cell production, which is what will be manufactured at the Nevada plant, accelerating the output of Tesla's Model Y and Cybertruck models at the Texas plant. Subscribers can learn more by viewing the project report.
Tesla also is putting the finishing touches on a battery plant in Austin to manufacture batteries for the Cybertruck, Semi, Roadster 2 and Model Y. Subscribers can click here to learn more.
Tesla has several lithium suppliers and in 2023 struck a deal for the supply of spodumene concentrate, a raw material used in lithium-ion battery production, with Piedmont Lithium Incorporated (NASDAQ:PLL) (Belmont, North Carolina) to run through 2025, with the potential to expand the agreement for another three years. The spodumene concentrate will be sourced from the North American Lithium site in Quebec, which Piedmont owns jointly with Sayona Mining Limited (Brisbane, Australia). After the revised agreement with Tesla was reached, Piedmont and Sayona broke ground on an expansion at the recently restarted mine that will enable the site to produce about 190,000 tons per year of spodumene concentrate from 1.5 million tons per year of milled feedstock. The project is expected to be completed this summer. Subscribers to Industrial Info's Metals & Minerals Project Database can learn more by viewing the project report.
Subscribers to Industrial Info's GMI Database can click here to view reports for all of the projects discussed in this article and click here for the related plant profiles.
Industrial Info Resources (IIR) is the leading provider of industrial market intelligence. Since 1983, IIR has provided comprehensive research, news and analysis on the industrial process, manufacturing and energy related industries. IIR's Global Market Intelligence (GMI) helps companies identify and pursue trends across multiple markets with access to real, qualified and validated plant and project opportunities. Across the world, IIR is tracking over 200,000 current and future projects worth $17.8 trillion (USD).
