WASHINGTON — US Rep. Jason Smith, R-Mo., is seeking more information from Ford Motor Co. about the automaker’s deal with China’s Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. Ltd. to use its technology at a planned $3.5 billion battery plant in Michigan.
In a letter sent Monday to Ford CEO Jim Farley, Smith raised concerns over whether the arrangement leans on a “loophole” in the electric vehicle tax credit’s battery component sourcing requirements and goes against the law’s intent of US energy security and reducing dependence on foreign adversaries such as China for battery materials and manufacturing.
“This arrangement appears to leverage a