The U.S. Defense Department has added the world's largest electric vehicle battery maker, along with Chinese tech giant Tencent Holdings, to a list of companies that it says work with China's military,

Ford has a licensing agreement to manufacture electric vehicle batteries with technology from a Chinese company that's under scrutiny at the Pentagon.

The Defense Department has added dozens of Chinese firms to a list of companies that are prohibited from working with the Pentagon and defense industry due to their alleged ties with China’s military,