China’s CATL denies ‘espionage threat’ accusations
宁德时代否认“间谍威胁”指控
Electric-vehicle battery maker’s technology disconnected from US military base
这家电池制造商成为最新一家受到美中地缘政治紧张局势冲击的公司，杜克能源已断开一个美军基地与宁德时代电池的连接。
The world’s biggest electric-vehicle battery maker has hit back against accusations that it poses a national security threat after the Chinese company’s technology was cut off from a US military base. “Accusations about CATL batteries posing espionage threats are false and misleading,” said the company in a statement on Thursday. “Our products have passed rigorous safety and security reviews including those by US authorities and businesses.”
全球最大电动汽车电池制造商宁德时代(CATL)回击了称其构成国家安全威胁的指控。此前，这家中国公司的技术被与一个美军基地断开。
The battery maker’s statement follows an open letter on Friday from Republican senator Marco Rubio and other lawmakers to US defence secretary Lloyd Austin, which alleged CATL was close to the Chinese leadership and that its presence on a US military base in North Carolina was “inexcusable”.
该公司周四在一份声明中表示：“有关宁德时代电池构成间谍威胁的指控是虚假和具有误导性的。我们的产品已经通过了严格的安全和安保审查，包括美国当局和企业的审查。”
“The CCP’s pattern of espionage leaves little room for doubt that CATL products pose a threat to national security at any base where they are installed,” said the letter.
在这家电池制造商发表声明之前，共和党参议员马尔科•鲁比奥(Marco Rubio)和其他议员上周五向美国国防部长劳埃德•奥斯汀(Lloyd Austin)发出了一封公开信，称宁德时代与中国领导层关系密切，其产品出现在北卡罗来纳州的一个美国军事基地是“不可谅解的”。
