Good morning, Bay Area. Starting the day with high-tech news, General Motors said that its venture capital arm will lead a $50 million financing round for EnergyX, a startup developing a more efficient way of extracting and processing lithium from salt flats. In crypto news, Bitcoin values have climbed above $30,000 for the first time since June. Turning to health care news, Covid test producer Lucira has responded to Pfizer's offer to buy the East Bay company. Senior Reporter Ron Leuty has the full…
