Bill Ford, Executive Chairman of Ford Motor Company, announces at a press conference that Ford will be partnering with the world's largest battery company, a China-based company called Contemporary Amperex Technology, to create an electric-vehicle battery plant in Marshall, Michigan, on February 13, 2023 in Romulus, Michigan.
The chairs of two U.S. House committees asked the Biden administration to investigate four Chinese companies they say are involved in Ford Motor's planned Michigan battery plant, according to a letter seen Monday by Reuters.
The previously unreported letter said the four Chinese companies have direct ties to the Chinese military, Chinese Communist Party, North Korean government and alleged human rights abuses in China's Xinjiang region.
The plant has drawn fire from U.S. lawmakers for its use of technology supplied by Chinese battery maker CATL.
The Chinese companies were not named in the letter seen by Reuters because the committees reviewed confidential records turned over by Ford and were not allowed to make their identities public.
Persons:
Bill Ford, Biden, Ford, Mike Gallagher, Cathy McMorris Rodgers
Organizations:
Ford Motor Company, Ford, Technology, Reuters, Chinese Communist Party, North, Energy, Commerce, Commerce Department
Locations:
China, Marshall , Michigan, Romulus , Michigan, Ford Motor's, Michigan, North Korean, China's Xinjiang, U.S