The new facility in Robstown is praised as part of what one analyst calls Musk's 'techno...
, keeping Texas independent and helping to prevent a bottleneck as Tesla ramps up production.
"Elon appears to be building what can be described as a techno utopia in Texas," said Goran Calic, professor of strategy at McMaster University outside Toronto."The relationship seems to be mutually beneficial and really positive for both sides. Given the interdependence, both Texas and Elon are likely interested to keep things this way."
Abbott praised the refinery for enabling Texas to be self-reliant and"not dependent upon any foreign hostile nation for what we need.", lithium is produced almost entirely outside the United States. This makes the U.S. supply chain vulnerable as lithium batteries power everything from consumer electronics to electric vehicles to grid-scale energy storage systems.
"Elon does things in a very unusual way, which can sometimes lead to unexpected outcomes," Calic said, noting a recent SpaceX launch in South Texas that."Texas political leadership, and its people, are more likely to accept these risks than are politicians and citizens of some other states." In Bastrop County, about 30 miles east of Austin, the Boring Co. is testing tunneling technologies that would move traffic underground, and SpaceX has a new facility to work on equipment related to its Starlink broadband internet satellites.
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