- China's CATL, the largest EV battery cell manufacturer in the world, has been included in the Department of Defense's annual list of companies designated as suppliers to the Chinese military. This decision, pushed by incoming Trump cabinet member Marco Rubio, could have unforeseen ramifications as practically the entire auto industry sources at least some of their battery cells from CATL.
A key partner for Elon Musk’s Tesla is threatening to sue the U.S. government over the Pentagon’s decision to blacklist it from federal contracts, blasting it a “mistake.”
