Nickel prices – will these put the brakes onto the transition to EV?

https://news.sky.com/story/ukraine-war-why-nickels-spectacular-surge-could-put-the-brakes-on-carmakers-electric-plans-12560634

Given the importance of nickel in the production of lithium-ion batteries what are peoples thoughts on how this surge will impact EV manufacturers such as Tesla? If batteries treble in price surely the cars become unaffordable outside a small minority.