Foxconn's EV brand previews Model V electric pickup truck and Model B compact hatch.

Posted on October 07, 2022
Electric cars
Foxconn's EV brand previews Model V electric pickup truck and Model B compact hatch.

At the annual Hon Hai Tech Day, Foxconn unveiled two more vehicles for its new electric vehicle brand, Foxtron, which was launched a year ago by a major Taiwanese manufacturing contractor.

The two vehicles are a Model V pickup truck and a Model B compact hatchback. The company previewed both in a teaser video and confirmed that they will be unveiled at this year's Hon Hai Tech Day, scheduled for October 18.

Foxconn did not go into details, but described the pickup as "Taiwan's first in-house designed and developed multifunctional electric pickup truck."

While it is difficult to judge from the teaser, the Model V appears to be a mid-size pickup. It also appears to have conventional brake rotors rather than the in-wheel motors of the Endurance electric pickup that Foxconn will soon build for EV startup Road Town at its Ohio plant.

The Model B is a handsome hatch with a C-pillar design that looks like it was borrowed from Volkswagen's ID.3 compact hatch sold overseas. According to Foxconn, the Model B is based on the company's proprietary modular EV platform, first announced in 2020.

This platform also underpins the Model C crossover and Model E sedan, which were unveiled last year along with the Model T bus. No release dates or market launches for these vehicles have been announced.

In addition to Foxconn's own Foxtron-branded EVs, Foxconn also plans to produce EVs on a contract basis. Some of them will be manufactured at the former GM plant in Ohio that Foxconn acquired from Lordstown last year; Foxconn will use the plant to manufacture the aforementioned Lordstown Endurance pickup as well as a Fisker, code-named Project PEAR Foxconn will use the plant to manufacture the aforementioned Lordstown Endurance pickups, as well as vehicles for Fisker, code-named Project PEAR, and tractors for Monarch, an electric farm equipment company.

Foxconn also announced this week that it will build a prototype of EV startup Indi's One compact sedan at its Ohio plant. If Indi is successful in developing the One, Foxconn said it could eventually produce the model for customers on a contract basis.

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