Former Ambassadors Call On Treasury Dept To Place CCP-Linked Battery Firm Under ‘Review’ After DCNF Investigations Nick Pope on September 15, 2023 Two former U.S. ambassadors representing the Michigan-China Economic…
CCP-Linked Company Building Battery ‘Gigafactory’ Near Key Military Sites In Illinois Nick Pope and Philip Lenczycki on September 14, 2023 Gotion, Inc., a company with ties to the Chinese Communist…
Dem Rep Walks Away As She’s Peppered With Questions About Her NDA With CCP-Linked Battery Company Harold Hutchison on September 13, 2023 Democratic Rep. Elissa Slotkin of Michigan walked away…
By Gilles Guillaume PARIS (Reuters) – Verkor should complete the first tranche of fundraising for its future battery gigafactory in Dunkirk, France, in the coming weeks, co-founder and chief customer…
By David Shepardson (Reuters) – The U.S. workplace safety regulator said on Wednesday it was investigating a recent chemical solvent leak at an Ohio battery plant jointly owned by General…
Company Building EV Battery Factory Near US Military Installations Listed As Chinese Principal, Filings Show Philip Lenczycki on August 18, 2023 The California energy company slated to build a battery…
By Akash Sriram and Paul Lienert DETROIT (Reuters) – General Motors is investing in a Silicon Valley startup to help it speed development of a more affordable battery chemistry for…
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia said on Monday that U.S. electric carmaker Tesla plans to invest in the manufacturing of battery materials in the Southeast Asian country and will make an…
By David Shepardson (Reuters) – A General Motors LG Energy Solution battery joint venture on Wednesday said it does not see any path for workers at its Ohio plant to…
Chinese EV Company Buys Up Michigan Land For Battery Factory Despite Public Backlash Nick Pope on August 2, 2023 Gotion, a Chinese Communist Party (CCP)-linked electric vehicle (EV) company, announced…
By Divya Rajagopal and Gilles Guillaume TORONTO/PARIS (Reuters) – Automotive Cells Co (ACC) is in early talks with officials in Canada and the United States on setting up a battery…
By Ernest Scheyder (Reuters) – Li-Cycle said on Tuesday it has started operations at its German plant to break down electric-vehicle batteries for recycling, part of the company’s rapid expansion…
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – More than half of the Senate’s Democrats are backing the United Auto Workers’ push for higher wages and benefits for workers at Detroit Three…
By Paul Lienert (Reuters) – UK battery startup Nexeon will supply high-energy silicon anode material to Panasonic’s newest U.S. plant starting in 2025, the companies said on Monday. The use…
By Blake Brittain (Reuters) – Tesla sued Australian company Cap-XX in Texas federal court on Friday, claiming its supercapacitors used for storing energy in electric-vehicle batteries infringe two U.S. patents…
BOSTON, MA – On Monday, an incident of Assault and Battery with a Dangerous Weapon occurred around 1:11 PM in the vicinity of 9 Washington Street. Detectives from District B-2…
(Reuters) – Nikola Corp will start liquidating the assets of battery maker Romeo Power, the electric truck maker said on Monday, less than a year after buying it. The company,…
(Reuters) – General Motors said on Friday it had acquired Algolion Ltd, an Israel-based software startup that helps detect problems in batteries. GM said Algolion’s software will help the Detroit…
Biden-Backed Battery Plant Relies On Tech From CCP-Led Chinese Firm John Hugh DeMastri on June 27, 2023 A U.S. battery maker backed by the Biden administration relies on technology from…
LONDON (Reuters) – Automakers are rushing to lock in graphite supply from outside dominant producer China as mined graphite demand for electric vehicle (EV) batteries outpaces other uses. Below are…
‘Incredibly Deadly’: E-Bike Blaze Kills Four Amid Surge Of Lethal Battery Fires In New York City John Hugh DeMastri on June 20, 2023 A number of lithium-ion batteries caught fire…
By Julia Payne BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Europe is in danger of losing the race to become a global battery powerhouse as access to raw materials remains a major roadblock along…
Chinese Battery Plant In Michigan Gets Biden Admin Approval Jake Smith on June 13, 2023 The Biden administration is permitting Gotion, a Chinese electric vehicle battery company, to move forward…
(Reuters) – Toyota Motor Corp said on Wednesday it will invest $2.1 billion more in its new U.S. battery plant in North Carolina, as the Japanese automaker deepens efforts to…
Biden Admin Pulls The Plug On $200 Million Grant To China-Backed EV Battery Maker John Hugh DeMastri on May 23, 2023 The Biden administration has decided against offering a $200…