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....
