Tesla’s CEO took to Twitter to assuage lawmakers’ confusion concerning the company’s planned materials sources.
The Las Vegas Sun reports legislators expressed frustration at Tesla’s announced plan to source an important metal for its batteries from a northern Mexico mine rather than from Nevada deposits.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk tweeted the company is “definitely” pursuing sources of lithium in Nevada.
Tesla is aiming to start operations in 2017 and be fully operational by 2020.
