Two Republican lawmakers are calling on the Pentagon and the Commerce Department to investigate a Chinese electric vehicle (EV) charging startup, citing national security concerns over the company’s ties to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).
In a letter dated May 19, Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) and Rep. John Moolenaar (R-Mich.) asked Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to investigate Autel Energy and its connections to its China-based parent company, Autel Intelligent Transportation Corp, and the CCP.
Blackburn is a member of the Senate Finance and Senate Judiciary committees. Moolenaar is the chairman of the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party….
Lawmakers Call for Federal Probes Into Chinese EV Charging Startup
