iPhone Maker Foxconn Enters EV Fray: Meet Foxtron

Foxtron EV Concepts

Foxtron EV Concepts

Foxconn, the Taiwan-based electronics manufacturer best known for building Apple iPhones, is getting into the electric-vehicle business.

The giant electronics firm recently purchased the Lordstown Assembly facility in Ohio from Lordstown Motors, intending to build vehicles for start-up EV companies. Foxconn already has a contract to build the Fisker Ocean compact crossover at the Lordstown plant beginning in 2023 or 2024. The factory was once a General Motors facility.

Foxconn made additional EV news last week, revealing three EV concepts of its own design. This should not be especially surprising, as the company has been developing its own open-source EV architecture on which it intends to builds vehicles for other makers—and, apparently, itself.

Foxconn plans to sell its own vehicles under the “Foxtron” banner. Shown here are the first-ever Foxtron EV concept cars, all of which were revealed at the company’s Hon Tai Tech Day, an annual event. No word yet on when Foxconn intends to begin building Foxtron vehicles, or where it will build them.

Note: Expect these Tesla-like model names to change before any of these vehicles see production.

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Foxtron Model E Concept

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Consumer Guide Car Stuff Podcast, Episode 58; Carfax Vehicle History Reports; Hyundai Future EVs

Carfax Vehicle History Reports

Consumer Guide Car Stuff Podcast

Whether you drive a car, need a car, or just occasionally bum a ride with friends, you’ve come to the right place. Join the editors of Consumer Guide Automotive as they break down everything that’s going on in the auto world. New-car reviews, shopping tips, driving green, electric cars, classic cars, and plenty of great guests. This is the Consumer Guide Car Stuff Podcast.

Episode: 58

Broadcast date: December 6, 2020

Guest: Patrick Olsen

Carfax Vehicle History Reports; Hyundai Future EVs

Host Tom Appel and co-hosts Jill Ciminillo and Damon Bell start off the show by discussing  Hyundai’s new Electric-Global Modular Platform (E-GMP) for battery electric vehicles. Patrick Olsen, Executive Editor at Carfax, joins us to talk about the ins and outs of Carfax Vehicle History Reports. Tom has a quiz for Damon and Jill on the entry-level engines in current vehicles, and Damon runs down the latest articles on the Consumer Guide Daily Drive blog, including test-drive reviews of the 2020 Kia Forte GT and 2021 Toyota Corolla SE Apex Edition.

The Consumer Guide Car Stuff Podcast is broadcast every Sunday on Chicago’s WCPT AM 820 at 1:00 PM CST.

Discussed this week:

Carfax

Test Drive: 2020 Kia Forte GT

Test Drive: 2021 Toyota Corolla SE Apex Edition

Test Drive: 2020 Nissan 370Z NISMO

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