Hidden deep in this article, linked below, is the following interesting tid bit about Tesla:

"Tesla, meanwhile, has agreed a five-year lithium hydroxide supply deal with China’s Sichuan Yahua Industrial Group."

So, Tesla might rather go all the way to China to secure its lithium hydroxide as opposed to going to the next county in Nevada and obtaining it from the future LAC Thacker Pass mine, eh?  Well, Elon, that is a supply line that can be interupted by political upheavel at the drop of a chop stick.  Just sayin'  Of course, the comeback would be that Thacker Pass has its own little political and judicail upheavel right now as well.

Volkswagen seeks partners for battery metals race - MINING.COM