The set-up for President Joe Biden’s visit to the Ford Motor Co. Rouge Electric Vehicle Center in Dearborn in May 2021 included electric vehicle charging stations, classic trucks, and the electric F-150 Lightning, which will be produced at the factory. (Andrew Roth | Michigan Advance)
Michigan Republicans have renewed their assault on a planned electric vehicle battery plant in Calhoun County after the Chinese company affiliated with the $2 billion project was essentially blacklisted by the federal government.
On Tuesday, the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) released its annual list of “Chinese military companies” determined to be operating directly or indirectly in the United States. On the list was Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. Ltd. (CATL), whose technology Ford Motor Co. plans to license in order to produce low-cost lithium-iron phosphate batteries at the plant near Marshall, which is under construction and expected to begin production in 2026 …