Tesla Inc. is plotting a potential lithium refinery on the gulf coast of Texas, a move that would bolster the company’s battery production efforts and further expand its footprint in the state.
The electric car maker has told officials that it’s considering constructing a “battery-grade lithium hydroxide refining facility,” in Nueces County, which it has pitched as “the first of its kind in North America,” according to a newly public application for tax breaks filed with the Texas Comptroller’s Office.
