Thanks Cal.  In the article, this statement hit home with me and my off topic "The Perfect Storm" post.

Lithium Americas wants to vertically integrate and become a battery producer.

The battery factory has since been removed from Thacker Pass to my knowledge (as it would require extra permitting), but read below and then ponder what happens if LAC simply moves the battery plant to other property it owns? Reading the old proposal for the Nevada mine at the Bureau of Land Management website, I could not help but notice that Lithium Americas has laid out its plans to build a lithium battery factory. You can read the entire proposal here, but the bulk is located in document "DEIS Chapters 1-6." On page 1-3 we are greeted with:

Look at 2.2.5.9 Battery Production that appears to be the type of cell Electrovaya is prototyping right now.  Today Electrovaya had a conference call at 8AM and in that call they said they were looking at establishing a production facility in the US.  They now have a NMC cathode using a 3D printing process and will use a LITHIUM metal anode.

Please read the entire atricle Cal linked in the prevous message.