Posted on 08/20/2023 9:17:54 PM PDT by Libloather
The company behind a controversial Michigan electric vehicle battery plant quietly appeared as a Chinese foreign principal in an under-the-radar registration, disclosures reviewed by Fox News Digital show.
Gotion Inc., a Fremont, California-based energy company, has faced uproar from Republican politicians and residents in the state over potential Chinese Communist Party (CCP) influence concerns since it first unveiled plans to construct the multi-billion dollar facility with the support of Democratic Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. Gotion Inc.'s parent company, Gotion High-Tech, is headquartered in Hefei City, China.
Chuck Thelen, Gotion's North American manufacturing vice president, has attempted to alleviate worries and stated CCP concerns are overblown. "The rumors that you've heard about us bringing communism to North America are just flat-out fear-mongering and really have nothing based in reality," Thelen said, according to Politico.
Michigan Democrats have also dismissed CCP concerns as Republican scare tactics. "Extremists in the Michigan GOP have spent weeks promoting baseless conspiracies that only work to block the thousands of good-paying, American jobs Gotion plans to bring to our state," Michigan Democratic Party Chair Lavora Barnes told UpNorthLive on April 20.
But just one day after her statement, on April 21, Gotion Inc. was quietly registered as a Chinese foreign principal, according to FARA filings, which appears to have gone previously unreported. The U.S. subsidiary's document declares that its "wholly owned and controlled" by the China-based Hefei Gotion High-Tech Power Energy Co., Ltd.
Gov. Whitmer announced last October that Gotion would invest $2.4 billion to construct two 550,000-square-foot production plants and other supporting facilities spanning 260 acres in northern Michigan. She applauded the proposal, saying it would shore up Michigan's status as the "global hub of mobility and electrification."
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Dims & GOP sellouts love money far more than this nation.
They don’t care who does what, as long as they get their cut.
Wonder what excuse they’ll drop when the Chinese start bringing in their own workers and displace Michigan folks from that work.
Oh wait, they’re streaming over the border now so their workers are already here.
People considering an EV purchase should know that Biden’s EPA is going to require either CO2 capture or ‘green’ hydrogen, either of which will make electricity far more expensive.
Not suspicious at all!
Ugh, so tired of the politicians selling out to the enemy.
I’m not worried about Gotion, Inc. bringing communism to North America, the U.S. democrat party has done a bang-up job of it, already.
Chinese military aged men coming across our border.
Chinese companies setting up shop here in our country.
Chinese police stations popping up in NYC and who knows where else.
And the feds are targeting a presidential candidate.
Priorities
I’m confused...
A chinese company wants to build a facility and employ Americans....
I fail to see an issue here...
Hope you’re being sarcastic.
If not, have you ever heard of communists?
US Dollars...
Are communist US Dollars different from American US Dollars?
It seems like you’ve got an awful lot of confidence in the honor and decency of Chinese communists.
??????
If I work 40 hours, I get paid for 40 hours.
If not, the feds shut the place down.
I fail to see a problem here...
Unless you want people not to have jobs, be able to buy food, etc.
Do you have a problem with Americans having jobs?
Maybe you could open up a company and hire and pay Americans.
Can’t do that???
Hmmm.....
I know what you are saying. If a drug dealer offers me money to disburse his drugs, what’s it matter? I’m making those dollars. A drug dealers dollar is just like anyone else’s dollar. A dollar is a dollar, right?
You are missing the entire Chinese communist part.
Whatever, you don’t seem to care.
Dealing drugs is illegal.
Working for a company is not.
Every dollar a communist pays to a non communist is money removed from THEIR economy...
Again, I fail to see the problem here...
And you have failed to provide a sustainable argument.
You need to come up with sustainable arguments for this subject.
Do a little more research, develop sustainable arguments, and get back to me.
Please.
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