Nevada Newsmakers

Host: Sam Shad

Guests:
Jon Evans, CEO Lithium Americas


"We’re in full construction now."

- Jon Evans, CEO, Lithium Americas says the Thacker Pass project is moving full speed ahead in Humboldt County, with steel going up in August and workforce housing underway in Winnemucca. With General Motors as both the largest shareholder and long-term offtake customer, Evans calls it a “world-class, tier one” project and highlights a “really good relationship” with GM, which is “making lots of investments and changing their battery chemistries with the goal to be the lowest cost and the largest supplier” of electric vehicles.