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Lawmakers Probe Ford Over Chinese Battery Partnership

The automaker is leveraging a partnership with CATL, which was included in the Pentagon’s list of Chinese military companies in 2025.
Lawmakers Probe Ford Over Chinese Battery Partnership
A Ford logo is seen on the Ford Motor world headquarters in Dearborn, Mich., in a file photo. Rebecca Cook/Reuters
Catherine Yang
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Lawmakers are again scrutinizing Ford’s partnership with battery-maker CATL, a designated Chinese military company, according to a Jan. 27 letter.

The House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) questioned Ford CEO Jim Farley as to whether the automaker is leveraging CATL partnership at the expense of receiving federal tax credits, given new federal restrictions.

Catherine Yang
Catherine Yang
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Catherine Yang is a reporter for The Epoch Times based in New York.