Foxconn Technology Group’s automobile unit and Nidec Corp. announced plans to create a Taiwan-based joint venture by the end of 2021 as they continue to deepen ties, according to a report released by Bloomberg on Wednesday.
- The joint venture will focus on development, production, sales of traction motors and associated systems.
- Foxconn, the world’s biggest assembler of iPhones and Nidec had earlier in March signed a deal to supply traction motors to global automakers, backed by their large-scale manufacturing experience.
- Foxconn’s Foxtron Vehicles Technologies was created in 2020 as a venture with Yulon Group that is based in Taiwan.
- In October, Foxconn launched an open and customizable EV software and hardware platform known as MIH, which contributes to hardware, software, and elements.
Kyoto-based Nidec, a major supplier in the electric-motor industry, is pushing to expand their presence in the global auto market. France’s Peugeot SA and China’s Guangzhou Automobile Group Co. are major customers of Nidec’s motors.
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