From Joe Tegtmeyer.

I was able to fly and get an update on the Tesla. Lithium Plant today … my first update in about 7 months! The plant is operational now, turning raw Spodumene Concentrate 6 into Lithium Hydroxide Monohydrate and then shipping this product to the battery cathode plant up at Giga Texas for further processing and making of the 4680 batteries.

There is also much room for further expansion and a surprising amount of of area around the processing plant that does not has asphalt or concrete laid down to help mitigate the dust. That could be because of expected future construction. We do see more equipment arriving and being stored that could be for the second half o the parallel processing portions of the factory at a later date.

We were able to see the rotating kiln and cooler assemblies ion motion today, which is another indicator of operations!

I hope you enjoy the views I was able to get today and the updates on the operation of the plant. it was very windy and low clouds, but I was able to get in a full flight!