The entire local government of a small Michigan township was voted out this week, in a recall election over concerns about a Chinese-affiliated company's plans to build an electric vehicle battery plant nearby.
Gotion's plans for the Michigan plant, and another in Illinois, have drawn scrutiny from congressional Republicans, who urged the Treasury Department to conduct a security review over Gotion's purported ties to China's Communist Party.
Public filings indicate that Gotion, headquartered in Fremont, California, is a wholly owned subsidiary of Gotion High-Tech Co, Ltd, a multinational based in Hefei, China.
Gotion did not respond to a request for comment from DailyMail.com, but told NewsNation: 'We are a multinational company and don't believe in political posturing and are still committed to bringing thousands of jobs to the state of Michigan.
A rendering shows the planned Gotion battery plant in Michigan.
In Green Charter, local residents said they were concerned about the planned Gotion plant's possible communist connections.
The lawmakers claimed that despite Germany's Volkswagen AG being the largest single shareholder at about 30 percent of Gotion's parent company, Gotion High-Tech, China maintained 'effective control' through multiple individual shareholders.
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