The Electric: A Small Michigan Town Threatens Gotion’s U.S. Battery Plans

For a year or two, Chinese auto and battery companies have circled North America in search of an opening to sell their products in the U.S.—the world’s second-largest car market, but one hostile to goods made in China, the U.S.’s chief geopolitical rival. None of the Chinese companies, however, has been as bold as battery developer Gotion, which, eschewing any uncertainty, announced that it would build lithium-ion batteries in Michigan and Illinois, and—as we have reported­—collect federal tax credits for them to boot.