Posted on 01/07/2025 12:07:43 AM PST by blueplum
The Pentagon will blacklist China’s largest EV battery manufacturer and its largest tech firm beginning in June 2026, barring them from Defense Department contracts and sending a powerful signal to American firms about the potential risks of doing business with them.
In a notice in the Federal Register on Monday, the Defense Department published a list of firms that it deems to be operating in the United States for, or on behalf of, the Chinese military or that contribute to China’s military buildup....
The “1260H list,” mandated annually by Congress since 2021, now includes CATL, the world’s largest electric-vehicle battery-maker, which supplies Tesla...
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Good. Now the country should just blacklist EVs.
Honestly, if people like them then they will keep selling and sales will grow...without subsidies.
But to steal some words from the great Charlton Heston...
They can pull my Dodge Challenger from “my cold, dead hands”!
If it’s very cold out, they’ll probably be stuck to the steering wheel :)
None dare call it treason. But I will!
This is the Biden Pentagon. It’s likely bait.
They banned Chinese parts on military aircraft but that’s rampant.
Quick question though...
Why are they taking so long to ban them? Why not yesterday? Why 2026?
Will this blacklist Prickster’s beloved battery factory owned by the Chinese military in Ill-Annoy?
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