On the 18th, Taiwan's Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd., which aims to enter the EV = electric vehicle business, announced three types of prototype vehicles and appealed that development is proceeding smoothly.
Taiwan's Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd., the world's largest contract manufacturer of electronic devices, announced a full-scale entry into the EV business in October last year in an attempt to diversify its business, including contract production of EVs. We are working together on development.
The company held an event in Taipei on the 18th and announced three types of prototype vehicles.
Of these, the SUV = multipurpose sports vehicle is said to be selling at a speed of 100 km / h in 3.8 seconds from the start and a maximum distance of 700 km on a single charge, and we are aiming to bring it to the market again next year. ..
Also, the bus announced at the same time may be operated as a fixed-route bus in Kaohsiung in the south from next year.
Mr. Terry Gou, the founder of Hon Hai, who drove the prototype car himself and appeared, said, "It showed the overall industrial strength of Taiwan," and developed three types of prototype cars in one year. I appealed the ability and speed of.
In the EV business, there are a series of movements aiming to enter from different industries, and in addition to the development by Baidu, a major Internet search company in China, the trend of Apple, a major IT company, is drawing attention in the United States.