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Tesla considering sites in Texas and Louisiana for new lithium plant - JBE doing nothing?
Posted on 10/3/22 at 3:31 pm
Posted on 10/3/22 at 3:31 pm
What is Governor Edwards doing to bring this plant to Lake Charles or the Baton Rouge-New Orleans area?
Tesla stated that the facility needs deep water access, but I imagine they don't want to be right on the coast because of hurricanes. Sounds like an inland deep water Louisiana port location might be in the running against the Corpus Christi area.
Tesla stated that the facility needs deep water access, but I imagine they don't want to be right on the coast because of hurricanes. Sounds like an inland deep water Louisiana port location might be in the running against the Corpus Christi area.
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Electric-vehicle (EV) pioneer Tesla (TSLA -8.62%) is exploring the feasibility of developing a battery-grade lithium hydroxide refinery on the Gulf Coast of Texas or Louisiana, according to its late-August filing of an application seeking a property tax break in Texas.
Like other EV makers, Tesla's supply chain is dependent on lithium -- which has soared in price due to tight supply -- because it's used to produce the lithium-ion batteries that power EVs. Tesla also uses these batteries in its energy-storage products.
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As is typical for large companies that are considering building a significant new facility, Tesla is shopping around for tax-break deals from U.S. states.
In its Texas filing, it said the lithium "project could be located anywhere with access to the Gulf Coast shipping channel" and that it's also evaluating a site in Louisiana.
The company specified that the final product -- battery-grade lithium hydroxide -- will be "shipped by truck and rail to various Tesla battery manufacturing sites," so we can deduce that the Gulf shipping channel is likely needed for incoming raw materials.
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Posted on 10/3/22 at 3:32 pm to member12
Ahh... The old we wanna be here but will use LA as leverage tactic again.
Posted on 10/3/22 at 3:33 pm to member12
Pick your poison for Louisiana:
A) residents will say a new plant is bad for the community because (traffic/cancer/???) and run them off
B) greasy grifter politicos will demand too much for kickbacks and run them off
C) all of the above
A) residents will say a new plant is bad for the community because (traffic/cancer/???) and run them off
B) greasy grifter politicos will demand too much for kickbacks and run them off
C) all of the above
Posted on 10/3/22 at 3:33 pm to poochie
not in my backyard!
Posted on 10/3/22 at 3:33 pm to Chad504boy
They need to offer a very robust tax break and infrastructure upgrades to Tesla. They might not get this one, but Tesla might look at Louisiana for something else in the future if they know the state is trying.
We got CF, Westlake, Exxon, and Sasol to build out much bigger projects recently, although they were all kicked off during the Jindal era. I'm sure they all looked for a lot of the same things as Tesla - port access, decent employee access, tax breaks, etc.
We got CF, Westlake, Exxon, and Sasol to build out much bigger projects recently, although they were all kicked off during the Jindal era. I'm sure they all looked for a lot of the same things as Tesla - port access, decent employee access, tax breaks, etc.
This post was edited on 10/3/22 at 3:37 pm
Posted on 10/3/22 at 3:34 pm to poochie
A is a tool deployed by B
Posted on 10/3/22 at 3:34 pm to member12
Jon Bel was just in London on a business seeking trip.
Luckily he was there to see the Saints too.
Luckily he was there to see the Saints too.
This post was edited on 10/3/22 at 8:53 pm
Posted on 10/3/22 at 3:35 pm to member12
Drowning in oil but we're gonna build firebomb battery factories.
Ok.
Ok.
Posted on 10/3/22 at 3:36 pm to member12
It will choose Tx
Posted on 10/3/22 at 3:37 pm to poochie
quote:
Pick your poison for Louisiana:
A) residents will say a new plant is bad for the community because (traffic/cancer/???) and run them off
B) greasy grifter politicos will demand too much for kickbacks and run them off
C) all of the above
You forget option "D"
D is really just C but with a few "economic research" trips to fun filled resort destinations across the globe for the same people that are in "B"
Posted on 10/3/22 at 3:38 pm to member12
Going to Vidalia, LA, baw.
Posted on 10/3/22 at 3:39 pm to member12
Elon reads the OT so he knows y'all hate him.
Posted on 10/3/22 at 3:50 pm to member12
quote:
Sounds like an inland deep water Louisiana port location might be in the running against the Corpus Christi area.
Not an area that Louisiana wants to compete against
Posted on 10/3/22 at 3:51 pm to member12
FTSCS
Posted on 10/3/22 at 4:10 pm to member12
Port of Brownsville has the most real estate available of any deepwater port on the gulf coast, can easily handle Panamax vessels (and I think up to Aframax class tankers), and is currently 40+ deep, with expansion planned.
It is also 17 miles inland and next to the SpaceX facility... seems like a no-brainer.
It is also 17 miles inland and next to the SpaceX facility... seems like a no-brainer.
Posted on 10/3/22 at 4:13 pm to member12
Tesla plant coming to Bunkie!
Posted on 10/3/22 at 4:16 pm to member12
Bawcomville bout to get those electrified LED truck nuts.
Posted on 10/3/22 at 4:42 pm to member12
It'll be hilarious to watch the same people demanding EVs protesting this lithium plant 
Posted on 10/3/22 at 4:45 pm to member12
OT: Hates electric vehicles.
Also OT: Wants electric vehicle industry.
Also OT: Wants electric vehicle industry.
Posted on 10/3/22 at 4:48 pm to member12
Why would any major company look to build a facility in Lake Charles after the hurricane damage it has taken in the recent past?
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