IDTechEx expects the electric car market to surpass 2021 sales of ~6.4 million, as sales for the first half of the year have already reached 3.5 million.
The Australian company has been unable to get federal permits because public lands near the site are home to the endangered wildflower Tiehm’s buckwheat.
Globally, the industry will need as much as $42 billion of investment by the end of the decade in order to meet demand, according to Benchmark Mineral Intelligence.