Pro-EV or Anti-Lithium? 🤔
Tesla, Rivian, Lucid Motors, and Ford are leading the Great Switch to electric vehicles — with the Biden Administration definitely on board, the U.S. begins to envision a post-oil society. However, the “oil” of this new age has already caused great controversy. Lithium, a resource necessary to make EV batteries, is causing an uproar among environmental activists.
Lithium Americas is one company that intends to mine lithium in the U.S. for electric vehicles. The company’s subsidiary, Lithium Nevada Corporation, drafted a proposal earlier this year to begin mining an extinct Nevada volcano. The U.S. Bureau of Land Management approved the proposal. Lithium Americas CEO Jonathan Evans said: