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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.

More electric-vehicle news and reviews

Foxtron EV Concepts

Foxtron Model C Concept – compact crossover

Foxtron Model C Concept

Foxtron Model C Concept

What is the Lordstown Endurance?

Foxtron Model E – premium midsize sedan

Foxtron Model E Concept

Foxtron Model E Concept

Consumer Guide Car Stuff Podcast, Episode 93: Is Your Car’s Fuel Gauge Accurate?, So Long NSX and Avalon

Is Your Car's Fuel Gauge Accurate?

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: 93

Broadcast date: August 8, 2021

Guest: Jeanette McGee

Is Your Car’s Fuel Gauge Accurate?, So Long NSX and Avalon

Host Tom Appel and co-hosts Jill Ciminillo and Damon Bell start off the show by discussing the recently announced cancellation of the 2021 New York International Auto Show. We also talk about the impending discontinuation of the Acura NSX and Toyota Avalon. Jeanette McGee, Director of External Communications for the American Automobile Association (AAA), joins us to talk about gas prices, fuel-economy tips, and how to prep for a summer road-trip vacation in the age of COVID-19. Tom has  quiz on fuel-economy ratings for Damon and Jill, and Damon runs down the latest articles on the Consumer Guide Daily Drive blog, including a test-drive review of the 2021 Ford Bronco Sport Badlands.

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

Discussed this week:

Touring the Place Where NSXs Are Born: Honda’s Performance Manufacturing Center

Cancelled: 2021 New York Auto Show

Test Drive: 2020 Toyota Avalon TRD

“Miles-to-Empty” Warning Fuels When Drivers Decide to Fill Up (AAA)

Test Drive: 2021 BMW X5 xDrive45e

Test Drive: 2021 Mercedes-Benz AMG E53 Sedan

Quick Spin: 2021 Ford Bronco Sport Badlands

Consumer Guide Car Stuff Podcast, Episode 55: Rolls-Royce Motor Cars; 2022 Hyundai Tucson

2022 Hyundai Tucson

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: 55

Broadcast date: November 15, 2020

Guest: Harvey Briggs

Rolls-Royce Motor Cars, 2022 Hyundai Tucson

Host Tom Appel and co-hosts Jill Ciminillo and Damon Bell start off the show by discussing  the radically redesigned 2022 Hyundai Tucson compact SUV. Harvey Briggs, Editor and Publisher of Rides & Drives (ridesanddrives.com), joins us to talk about his brand-new book–Rolls-Royce Motor Cars: Making a Legend. Tom has a tricky quiz for Damon and Jill on vehicle-name spelling and punctuation, and Damon runs down the latest articles on the Consumer Guide Daily Drive blog, including a road-test review of the 2020 Aston Martin Vantage Coupe.

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

Discussed this week:

Jill’s Tucson post

Harvey’s book at Bookshop.org

First Spin: 2021 Lexus IS

Test Drive: 2020 Aston Martin Vantage Coupe

Streamline Madness! A Gallery of Automotive Aerodynamics in Print Ads

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The CG Daily Drive Blog

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Tom on Twitter

Damon on Twitter

Jill on Twitter

Drive, She Said (Jill’s blog)

Tom on the radio:

Tom on WGN Radio

Tom on Green Sense Radio

Tom on the Stan Milam Show

The Crew

2022 Hyundai Tucson