Tesla's Sudbury Ontario Canada VisitYes Raff, it's likely that Tesla will locate a battery plant somewhere in Central/Southern Ontario, only if the permitting can be achieved swiftly within weeks not months or even years (as is the case for establishing mining operations like Frontier Lithium) with the aim of Tesla having fast access to market population of about 12+ million residing in Southern & Central Ontario and EV market growing rapidly. Buyers very hungry for EV's in this targeted market.
As well, on the topic of quick permitting, Tesla has reported in recent months a newly developed process of converting raw Lithium ores to battery grade material.
That could be another primary reason for Tesla officials visiting the VALE Canada Sudbury operations with vast industrial lands footprint. Notwithstanding that Tesla already has supply contracts in place with VALE for Nickel & Copper inputs, as well as Cobalt with Glencore.
That could prove out to be an interesting development, the likes of Frontier Lithium "direct shipping" its "continuous" High Grade Lithium ores from Open Pit minesite to Sudbury Canada VALE-Tesla operations for Lithium conversion processing to battery grade compound.
That's one swift opportunity for the Company, Frontier, to develop early revenues and start buying back its shares on the open market or providing special dividends to shareholders.
As was reported in Electric Autonomy,
Multiple sources with knowledge of the matter, but not authorized to speak, told Electric Autonomy that, earlier this month, high-level Tesla employees visited Vale Canada Operations in Sudbury, Ont.,