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No Chinese batteries for Virginia

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In a speech on Friday, US (Republican) Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin declared he had blocked the Ford Motor company’s plans to site an electric battery plant in the state.
The reason: Ford’s partnership with Chinese lithium battery giant CATL involved an undisclosed "national security risk-type t...