Company behind contentious Michigan battery factory quietly registered as Chinese foreign agent, filings show

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The California-based Gotion Inc. quietly registered as a Chinese foreign agent amid contentious fights over a Michigan plant stemming from Chinese Communist Party influence concerns.

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The company behind a controversial Michigan electric vehicle battery plant quietly registered as a Chinese foreign agent, disclosures reviewed by Fox News Digital show. 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 Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has argued Gotion's plant would help make the state the"global hub of mobility and electrification."

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