Legal Insurrection has been following the progress of a China-linked Electric Vehicle (EV) battery factory that is slated for construction in Michigan for several years.
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- Michigan Democrat Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in March 2022: ‘We cannot allow China to outcompete us on chip manufacturing
- Michigan Democrat Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in October 2022: Whitmer supports building a Chinese-owned battery plant in the state.
- Michigan Senate Appropriations Committee approved $175 million to build an EV battery plant owned by Chinese manufacturer Gotion
The last time we touched upon this subject, Michigan voters tossed out of office the entire town council that had voted in support of the Chinese EV battery plant.
Now Michigan has officially canceled a $175 million grant for the controversial electric vehicle battery plant proposed by Gotion Inc., a U.S. subsidiary of the Chinese company Gotion High-Tech, amid mounting criticism over the firm’s ties to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and repeated project delays.
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