Tesla Inc's First Autonomous Trucking Fleet Could Create the Most Important Supply Line in America by 2020

Elon Musk's plan for the future of energy will require almost half of the world's supply of Lithium; sustaining that may require the world's first autonomous trucking fleet to link the Tesla(TSLA) Gigafactory with Albermarle's(ALB) Chemetall-Foote Lithium Plant, the largest lithium producer in North America. Tesla's grand plan for an energy revolution is predicated on high capacity lithium-ion batteries, which power its consumer vehicles, power packs, and soon its autonomous semi trucks. The batteries, which are manufactured from lithium, will come from Tesla's Gigafactory. Tesla claims that in 2020 when it reaches full capacity, the Nevada facility will double the world production of Lithium ion batteries. Two hundred miles from the Gigafactory sits the Chemetall-Foote Lithium Plant, the largest lithium producer in North America.