After chiding Ford for US CATL battery plan, GM may be seeking its own

General Motors is negotiating a U.S. battery-supply deal with China’s CATL, Car News China reports.

GM already works closely with CATL, but that relationship is limited to the China market. The deal reportedly being discussed would bring that partnership to North America in the form of a joint battery plant located in either the U.S. or Mexico, along with a GM license agreement for CATL’s LFP battery tech.

Car News China reasons that the deal would likely be similar to the one between Ford and CATL—a deal GM leadership has criticized. In September, GM CEO Mary Barra told The Wall Street Journal that Ford’s partnership with CATL “could be the harbinger of Chinese domination of U.S. car manufacturing.”

Ford announced its joint-venture battery plant with CATL in February of last year, touting it a key to EV affordability. Located in Michigan, the…