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Go read this battery chemical-eating story.
Rest of World looks at a small-town political fight over whether a planned EV battery plant from Chinese company Gotion was a boon for employment, an environmental disaster-in-the-making, or a “Communist Trojan horse.”
It opens with the VP of Gotion’s US subsidiary deciding “he would have to eat part of a battery” to prove they’re safe. So far, the plant hasn’t been built.
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