How China worries drove Virginia Gov. GlennYoungkin to spurn a massive Ford battery plant
the construction of a Ford-owned plant that would be operated by Chinese battery pioneer CATL, as a"front" for the Chinese Communist Party.
The plan provided for the company to localize and use approximately 40 gigawatt-hours of lithium iron phosphate battery capacity in North America starting in 2026. "Virginians can be confident that companies with known ties to the Chinese Communist Party won't receive a leg up from the Commonwealth's economic incentive packages," spokesperson Macaulay Porter said in a statement to the."When the potentially damaging effects of the deal were realized, the plant proposal never reached a final discussion stage."
"The governor, in his ambition to run for president, is leaving folks behind," Democratic Del. Don Scott said Thursday.
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