為了在電動(dòng)汽車電池供應(yīng)鏈中獲得更大控制權(quán),特斯拉(Tesla)決定在德克薩斯州墨西哥灣建設(shè)一座鋰精煉廠。
公司首席執(zhí)行官埃隆·馬斯克在周三召開的一次電話會(huì)議上,回答一位分析師提出的關(guān)于公司最新4680電池組技術(shù)開發(fā)進(jìn)展的問題時(shí),證實(shí)了該計(jì)劃。
據(jù)彭博社此前報(bào)道,位于德州奧斯汀的特斯拉幾個(gè)月來一直在考慮該項(xiàng)目,同時(shí)還至少考慮過位于路易斯安納州的另外一處選址。特斯拉告訴德州監(jiān)管部門,稱公司計(jì)劃在科珀斯克里斯蒂附近建設(shè)一座電池級(jí)氫氧化鋰精煉廠,將原礦材料加工成更易于電池生產(chǎn)的材料。
馬斯克稱鋰價(jià)“貴得離譜”,曾多次鼓勵(lì)創(chuàng)業(yè)者創(chuàng)建鋰精煉設(shè)施,以緩解鋰離子電池使用的這種關(guān)鍵原材料的供應(yīng)瓶頸。(財(cái)富中文網(wǎng))
翻譯:劉進(jìn)龍
審校:汪皓
為了在電動(dòng)汽車電池供應(yīng)鏈中獲得更大控制權(quán),特斯拉(Tesla)決定在德克薩斯州墨西哥灣建設(shè)一座鋰精煉廠。
公司首席執(zhí)行官埃隆·馬斯克在周三召開的一次電話會(huì)議上,回答一位分析師提出的關(guān)于公司最新4680電池組技術(shù)開發(fā)進(jìn)展的問題時(shí),證實(shí)了該計(jì)劃。
據(jù)彭博社此前報(bào)道,位于德州奧斯汀的特斯拉幾個(gè)月來一直在考慮該項(xiàng)目,同時(shí)還至少考慮過位于路易斯安納州的另外一處選址。特斯拉告訴德州監(jiān)管部門,稱公司計(jì)劃在科珀斯克里斯蒂附近建設(shè)一座電池級(jí)氫氧化鋰精煉廠,將原礦材料加工成更易于電池生產(chǎn)的材料。
馬斯克稱鋰價(jià)“貴得離譜”,曾多次鼓勵(lì)創(chuàng)業(yè)者創(chuàng)建鋰精煉設(shè)施,以緩解鋰離子電池使用的這種關(guān)鍵原材料的供應(yīng)瓶頸。(財(cái)富中文網(wǎng))
翻譯:劉進(jìn)龍
審校:汪皓
Tesla is moving forward with plans to build a lithium refinery on the Texas Gulf Coast in a bid to gain more control over the supply chain for electric vehicle batteries.
Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk confirmed the move Wednesday on a conference call in answer to an analyst’s question on progress developing the company’s new 4680 battery cell technology.
The Austin, Texas-based company has been weighing the project for months, as Bloomberg News previously reported, but had been considering at least one other site in Louisiana. The company has told state regulators it plans to build a battery-grade lithium hydroxide refining facility near Corpus Christi that would process raw ore material into something more production-ready.
Musk called lithium prices “crazy expensive” and has repeatedly encouraged entrepreneurs to start refining lithium as a way to ease supply bottlenecks of the key material used in lithium-ion batteries.