In a setback for Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, Ford is pausing construction on a $3.5 billion electric vehicle battery plant set for Michigan.
they are halting construction of the EV battery plant, telling thethat the automaker is “pausing work” and has not “made a final decision about the investment” in Marshall.the controversial project, suggesting the plant would bring 2,500 production jobs to the area, despite Ford’s commitment to work with CATL, China’s premier EV battery supplier.
While investing $3.5 billion into the plant, Ford was also raking in millions through tax breaks from Michigan taxpayers. For example, the automaker had “secured about $210 million in direct tax incentives plus a 15-year property tax abatement worth about $775 million over the life of the tax break,” along with millions more in breaks.Gretchen Whitmer, governor of Michigan, during the 2022 North American International Auto Show in Detroit, Michigan, on Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2022.
“… if Chinese companies like CATL are able to exploit both Chinese and United States incentives for battery and EV technology through clever corporate arrangements, then there is no use in investing federal funds toward industrial development in the first place,” Rubio wrote to officials earlier this year. “Taxpayer dollars should never be used to support [People’s Republic of China] champions.
“The United Front strategy uses a range of methods to influence overseas Chinese communities, foreign governments, and other actors to take actions or adopt positions supportive of Beijing’s preferred policies,” a federal commission
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