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Controversy over Chinese investment in U.S. as Gotion plans .36 billion factory in Michigan, raising national security concerns.

In 2022, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer welcomed a Chinese battery company’s plan to build a $2.36 billion factory and bring a couple thousand jobs to Big Rapids

Elements of the far right have essentially claimed that Communists are using taxpayer funds to build some sort of spy base or to promote the Chinese Communist Party’s activities in Manteno.

The Chinese firm’s Göttingen-based plant expects to begin delivering battery packs for vehicles and energy storage systems in October

Gotion High-tech Co, one of the largest Chinese EV lithium-ion battery manufacturers, will build its first battery factory in the United States.

Gov. J.B. Pritzker and U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth are trying to seal deals with Asian companies — the governor with a direct line of communication with business heads, and Duckworth with two Asian trips under her belt this year.

LANSING, Mich. — Former U.S. Rep. Pete Hoekstra, one of the most vocal critics of the push to bring a Chinese battery manufacturer's plant to Northern Michigan, lobbied a decade ago on behalf of a Chinese lumber and plywood company.

Federal regulators have concluded they don't have the proper jurisdiction to conduct a review of a planned $2.4 billion Chinese battery part manufacturing plant in Big Rapids, Michigan, the company said in a Tuesday statement in which they committed to moving forward with the project.

With mass production set to begin in 2024, the new battery has already passed all the necessary safety tests and that it can potentially last for up to 4,000 charge-discharge cycles.