Gotion High-Tech Co., Ltd.
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Sep 1, 2026
Lei XingHOST
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Tu LeHOST
as you say that, Leigh, Slate is about to launch its vehicle using Goshen batteries from Indiana.
Tu LeHOST
And if we think about Goshen trying to invest in Michigan, that's a missed opportunity for the state.
Tu LeHOST
And this is me putting my Michigan resident Michigander hat on.
Tu LeHOST
I'm not a politician, so I don't want to get to bog down into those details.
John HelvestonGUEST
I, I think, you know, we, we could also likewise embrace some foreign direct investment by individual Chinese companies, and we've already seen some of that, you know, some experimentation with that.
John HelvestonGUEST
Companies like Gotion, that's a-- they're a battery manufacturer.
John HelvestonGUEST
They've opened facilities in Illinois and Michigan to try to supply the automotive supply chain in those states, and I see that as a win-win.
John HelvestonGUEST
Gotion is the third-largest battery maker in China.
John HelvestonGUEST
Um, they are all over the world.
John HelvestonGUEST
They, they supply batteries to almost every country you can think of in the world.
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John HelvestonGUEST
Being on that list puts a lot of scrutiny over any investment coming from China.
John HelvestonGUEST
That's mostly for national security reasons.
Emily ConradGUEST
Provides a lot of financial incentives for them to come in, um, which I would consider facilitation.
Emily ConradGUEST
And then you see in the case of Gotion, which probably a lot of, uh, listeners have heard about, um, the lithium battery company, then you have this local resistance in Gree- in Green Charter Township.
Emily ConradGUEST
So in this way, you have obstruction at a local level, even if there's still, still some level of enthusiasm and facilitation at a state level.
SethHOST
I, I wanna ask you a follow-up about Gotion because I think, um, it's a fascinating example and, and people will have heard a bit about it.
SethHOST
But I just wanted to ask you a follow-up on what mechanisms state governments use to obstruct.
SethHOST
So it's clear how they would facilitate tax breaks and so on, and you mentioned one in South Carolina, there was a possibility of preventing Chinese entities from owning land.
Emily ConradGUEST
I was talking to a former, uh, South Carolina Department of Commerce, uh, official, and I said, "What, what-- In your mind, what is the most successful Chinese company in the state?" And he mentioned a company I had never heard of.
Emily ConradGUEST
And he said, "That's because they didn't want you to hear about them." As for, uh, and I think quite a few companies are also considering, and I don't-- maybe this isn't the, the right thing, but a lot of them are considering to some degree masking their ownership.
Emily ConradGUEST
Provides a lot of financial incentives for them to come in, um, which I would consider facilitation.
Emily ConradGUEST
And then you see in the case of Gotion, which probably a lot of, uh, listeners have heard about, um, the lithium battery company, then you have this local resistance in Gree- in Green Charter Township.
Emily ConradGUEST
So in this way, you have obstruction at a local level, even if there's s- still some level of enthusiasm and facilitation at a state level.
SethHOST
I, I wanna ask you a follow-up about Gotion because I think, um, it's a fascinating example and, and people will have heard a bit about it.
SethHOST
But I just wanted to ask you a follow-up on what mechanisms state governments use to obstruct.
SethHOST
So it's clear how they would facilitate tax breaks and so on, and you mentioned one in South Carolina, there was a possibility of preventing Chinese entities from owning land.
Emily ConradGUEST
And he said, "That's because they didn't want you to hear about them." As for, uh, and I think quite a few companies are also considering, and I don't-- maybe this isn't the, the right thing, but a lot of them are considering, to some degree, masking their ownership.
Emily ConradGUEST
But masking their ownership can be...