Foxtron Mannequin B: iPhone maker teases EV hatchback

Foxconn, the corporate greatest recognized for manufacturing iPhones and Xboxes, has previewed the third piece in what’s wanting like a giant automotive puzzle.

The Foxtron Mannequin B is a Volkswagen ID.3-sized hatch designed by Pininfarina, and can sit beneath the Mannequin C SUV and Mannequin E sedan revealed final yr. It’ll be revealed alongside the Mannequin V electrical ute on October 18.

Beneath the pores and skin, the Mannequin B will probably trip on the MiH platform debuted in 2021 by Foxtron, which is a tie-up between Foxconn and Taiwan’s greatest carmaker, Yulon.

Together with the aforementioned vary of Foxtron vehicles, that platform can be supplied to different carmakers trying to speed up their electrical car rollout.

The structure can have a wheelbase between 2750mm and 3100mm, and helps a wide range of observe and trip heights, making it appropriate for sedans, hatches, crossovers, and folks movers.

Battery packs with 93kWh, 100kWh and 116kWh will be put in.

Quite a lot of electrical motors will be employed at each ends, with the preliminary providing consisting of 95kW, 150kW and 200kW entrance motors, and 150kW, 200kW, 240kW and 340kW models for the rear axle.

Likening the Tesla vary to the “iPhone of EV”, the corporate desires its EV platform to be the “Android of EV”.

Foxconn relies in Taiwan, which can function the preliminary manufacturing base for Foxtron. It’ll be constructing as much as 500,000 vehicles per yr within the USA by 2024, nevertheless, at an ex-Normal Motors plant in Lordstown, Ohio.

All 500,000 vehicles received’t be Foxtron electrical autos, nevertheless; Foxconn has already been locked in because the producer of the upcoming Fisker Pear (beneath), and has confirmed it’s keen to fabricate autos beneath contract for different carmakers.

Scheduled to start manufacturing in 2024, Fisker says it expects to construct a minimal of 250,000 examples of the Pear yearly as soon as manufacturing ramps up.