Originally Posted by dyna mo

another wildcard: lithium, the new gasoline. Most ALL of the world's lithium supply is in Argentina. and Tesla isn't the only EV with plenty more from the other manufacturers coming, including China

moreover, Tesla needs/requires ALL of that lithium:

"Elon himself mentioned during the Model 3 unveiling that Tesla will be gobbling up much of the world?s lithium supply with plans to produce 500,000 EVs per year. ?In order to produce a half million cars per year?we would basically need to absorb the entire world?s lithium-ion production.?