U.S. Senators Marco Rubio (R-FL) and John Moolenaar (R-MI) are demanding that the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) blacklist Contemporary Amperex Technology Limited (CATL), a major electric vehicle battery manufacturer with deep ties to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and its military arm, the People’s Liberation Army (PLA). The lawmakers argue that CATL’s influence threatens U.S. national security by making the country reliant on China for critical energy infrastructure. Despite the DoD acknowledging the potential threats posed by CATL, the company has not yet been added to the “1260H list,…