A business news report today noted that in the last three days the price of nickel has doubled each day, from $25k per ton to $50k and then to $100k per ton.
In an unprecedented response, the London Metal Exchange has for the first time suspended trading in the metal.
The first doubling essentially added $2k to the price of a Tesla.
There was no comment on how this would affect the price of electricity via the renewables programme.