A Chinese Communist Party-linked company planning to build electric vehicle battery factories inside the U.S. has already spent over $1 million on lobbying in 2024, according to public disclosures. Battery manufacturing company Gotion Inc., a “wholly owned and controlled” subsidiary of the Chin-based and CCP-tied company Gotion High-Tech, is planning to build facilities in Michigan and Illinois. Gotion has spent roughly $1.2 million on lobbying efforts already in 2024 amid a push from Republican lawmakers to prevent the firm from tapping tax credits in the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). A Goti…