iPhone Maker Foxconn Reveals EV Truck of Its Own

• Hon Hai Technology Group reveals two electric prototypes dubbed Model B and Model V (pictured above), showcasing its EV development.

• The electronics giant, better known as Foxconn, now operates the Lordstown, Ohio, factory that it purchased from Lordstown Motors earlier this year.

• Foxconn aims to be a developer and contract manufacturer of EVs, rather than an automaker selling vehicles under its own brand.

Foxconn is the new owner of the Lordstown, Ohio, EV plant, and has plans to produce Fisker EVs at the site after starting Endurance electric pickup production earlier this month. But the Taiwan-based electronics manufacturing giant also has EVs of its own.

Foxconn took the wraps off not one but two EV concept prototypes this week, plans for which were previewed and hinted earlier this year.

The company reveals the Foxtron Model B subcompact crossover, based on its MIH (Mobility in Harmony) open platform, promising a range of 450 kilometers (280 miles) and a slippery drag coefficient of 0.26. With an overall length of about 169 inches, the crossover is meant to be a personalized urban car for the younger generation, as the company puts it.

The Model B concept shares the MIH platform with the Model C—a larger crossover revealed about a year ago, promising a range of almost 700 kilometers (435 miles)—and which has now advanced to the production-ready status, albeit under Taiwan's Luxgen brand.

Foxconn also gave the automotive world a first glimpse of the Model V electric pickup, featuring styling a bit different from the other two passenger models.