Automakers' Bold Plans for Electric Vehicles Spur Battery Boom
Plante, Michael D.; Rindels, Jessica (2022-10-11)
Meeting ambitious manufacturing goals will require batteries—lots of them—as an electric vehicle (EV) can use hundreds to thousands of individual lithium-ion batteries.
Dallas Fed Economics

Journal Article
Texas to get new type of refinery: a lithium refinery
Plante, Michael D.; Rindels, Jessica (2023-03-10)
Tesla is developing the facility near Corpus Christi to produce battery-grade lithium hydroxide, a lithium chemical used in the high-performance lithium-ion batteries that companies such as Tesla prefer.
Southwest Economy

Journal Article
Spotlight: Federal Dollars Could Drive Electric Vehicle Charging Across Texas
Rindels, Jessica; Plante, Michael D. (2022)
Consumers who are reluctant to switch to electric vehicles cite inadequate charging facilities. The federal Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act seeks to address such concerns, providing funding to expand charging infrastructure along interstates and in rural areas.
Southwest Economy , Issue Second Quarter