General Motors announced that it signed a $650 million deal with Lithium Americas to jointly develop the Thacker Pass project.
The lithium deposit at Thacker Pass is believed to have estimated reserves of approximately 1.3 million tons of lithium carbonate equivalent. It’s located at the southern end of the McDermitt Caldera, in Humboldt County, northern Nevada.
The lithium market is expected to double by 2030 as EV demand accelerates.”
Batteries for iPads, Phones, and laptops, I can understand. By do they really believe enough people will buy EVs and make them marketable?
Nuclear, baby!