Foxconn wants to work with Japan automakers on EVs

“From our perspective, the compatibility with Japanese automakers, especially Nissan, will become a strength” for Foxconn, a senior executive said. — Reuters

TOKYO: Foxconn wants to cooperate with Nissan but is currently not engaging with the Japanese automaker, an executive in charge of the Taiwan company’s electric vehicle (EV) business told the Nikkei newspaper in an interview published yesterday.

Jun Seki, Foxconn chief strategy officer for EVs, made the remarks ahead of a seminar in Tokyo yesterday where the contract manufacturer aims to lay out its EV strategy to Japanese companies.