U.S. Senators Call for Stopping China's "Extortion" of Electric Vehicle Technology

According to a report by the US media "USA Today", two US senators claim that China is forcing General Motors to provide Wolanda electric vehicle technology and demand that an investigation be conducted on this matter to prevent the leakage of new energy vehicle technology from the United States to China. Steve Girsky, vice chairman of General Motors, denied the Chinese pressure.

On September 14, 2011, Sen. Debbie Stabenow of the Republic of Michigan of the United States sent a letter to Ron Kirk, the U.S. General Business Representative of the Obama delegation to China, asking for an investigation of China’s “shakedown” of confidential technology of US car companies. It is reported that in 2012, GM's Volanta electric vehicles will be listed in China, but China refuses to provide a subsidy of 20,000 US dollars per vehicle unless GM agrees to provide certain key technologies for Wolanda's electric vehicles. Debbie Stabenow believes that the Chinese automobile industry is developing rapidly. If the core technologies of GM and Ford in the new energy vehicles and other fields are mastered by China, the future of China will bring great pressure on the US automotive industry.

On September 16th, Democratic Senator Carl Levin of the state wrote to Ron Kirk and Deputy Minister of Commerce Rebecca Blank: “Chevrolet Volanda represents U.S. intellectual property, invested by General Motors in R&D. The Chinese government pressures US car companies. , forcing it to surrender technology as a price in exchange for the market, the U.S. government must stop it."

Regarding the above remarks, General Motors spokesperson Greg Martin said that the company has been in China for 15 years. The plan to launch WoLonda in China next year will not change, but the car will not be produced in China, and GM will not send it to China. Provides Volenda technology. At the meeting of General Motors and SAIC on September 20, General Motors Vice Chairman Steve Girsky emphasized that the Chinese government has not pressured GM to obtain Volenda technology.