Electronic Voice Network Report (Text/Liang Haobin) At last year's Hon Hai Technology Day (HHTD), Foxconn launched three electric models in a row, home SUV Model C, luxury sedan Model E and electric bus Model T, announcing its entry into the car manufacturing ranks. Foxconn's car manufacturing speed is also quite fast. At yesterday's Hon Hai 2022 Technology Day, the mass production version of Model C was officially unveiled, and it also brought a crossover model Model B and an electric pickup truck Model V. By this calculation, Foxconn released five new cars in just one year, which is comparable to Evergrande Auto.
Back to this Hon Hai Technology Day, in fact, in addition to the launch of two new models, it is more about showing the industrial layout of Foxconn ALL IN electric vehicles, including the MIH vehicle platform architecture, semiconductor, battery, software platform vertical integration of technology, and the distribution of manufacturing plants. As the largest OEM manufacturer in the electronics industry, can Foxconn successfully replicate the OEM model in the field of electric car ?
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firstly the progress of the first mass-produced passenger car. The home SUV Model C released by Foxconn last year at HHTD, from the reference prototype to this year's mass-produced version, does show Foxconn's speed advantage in the manufacturing industry. Model C can actually be considered the code name of the prototype car. This model is jointly created with Yulon Group. The final mass-produced version will be sold as the Nazhijie (Luxgen) N7 model. Earlier, Nazhijie has started pre-ordering of N7 on its official website. In terms of price of
, Hon Hai Chairman Liu Yangwei previously announced that the minimum price of Model C will be within NT$1, NT$250,000 (about NT$250,000), but the final price has not been announced at this technology day. The mass-produced version of
Model C has a low resistance of 0.28cd, including three specifications: the standard version with a range of 420km, the long-range version of 700km, and the performance version with zero acceleration in 3.8 seconds. Among them, the 420km and 700km battery life versions are equipped with a 230-horsepower rear-wheel drive single motor and are equipped with the L2+-level ADAS function; the horsepower of the performance version is increased from 400 horses of the prototype to 460 horses, and the acceleration reaches 3.8 seconds by 000 horses.
Foxconn said that the mass production version of Model C, that is, the Nazhijie N7, will be delivered to Taiwanese consumers in China by the brand in the second half of next year.
The new prototype car Model B and Model V
HHTD2022, a detail worthy of attention is that when the Model C model was unveiled, it was driven by Hon Hai Chairman Liu Yangwei, while Model B was driven by Hon Hai founder Guo Taiming , which shows to a certain extent the company attaches importance to these two models.
Model B is positioned as a cross-border leisure and travel electric vehicle. Based on the Model C platform, it has created a new body appearance through the flexible size selection of the MIH platform, including the S-DUCT diversion channel at the front of the vehicle, which has brought the vehicle's resistance coefficient to 0.26cd.
power, Model B uses a 230 horsepower motor, with an acceleration time of 6.6 seconds in 000, and can achieve a range of 450km.
According to official reports, the body length of the Model B is 4.3m, the wheelbase is 2.8m, and it has a range of 450km. In terms of interior, Model B adopts the currently popular central control floating large screen design. The central control is equipped with a 15.6-inch large screen, and a relatively small screen is used on the dashboard, which can only display some basic driving information. The design team said it is to obtain a broader driving vision.
. Through the electronic and electrical architecture of Model B, it can support 5 screens, 32 speakers, 20 sensors, and software updates can be performed through OTA, and also supports UWB car keys. Of course, the combination of ADAS and DMS is also paired with the combination of autonomous driving and safety.
Model V is an all-terrain electric pickup truck. Hon Hai said that this model can be regarded as a milestone in Hon Hai's completion of the middle puzzle of passenger cars and large commercial vehicles. The official has not released the power data of the Model V. As a pickup, it may receive more attention in terms of loading and battery life.
According to the official data, the cargo bucket size of the Model V is 1.5m long, 1.45m wide, and 50cm high. There are multiple interfaces on the side of the cargo bucket, including USB, 110V/12V power supply, etc., which can meet the needs of outdoor power supply. The Model V has a wading height of 80cm and can cope with ramps of about 16.5°. The maximum load capacity is 1 ton and the maximum drag force reaches 3 tons. The passing and power can be guaranteed. It also provides a 420km range, and the fast charging can charge the battery from 20% to 80% in as fast as 30 minutes.
Foxconn's electric vehicle OEM layout
Regarding the OEM model of electric vehicles, Musk, CEO of Tesla , once bluntly said: "Compared with mobile phones and smart watch , cars are very complex. You can't find suppliers like Foxconn and say: Build a car for me." But in recent years, we can see that many traditional electronic manufacturing companies are exploring the OEM model of electric vehicle OEM. In addition to Foxconn, which started early in the OEM, Luxshare Precision is also cooperating with Chery to seek entry.
Of course, this model is also caused by demand. Technology companies such as Apple have begun to build cars and the rise of various new forces. The OEM model can significantly reduce the manufacturing costs of car companies, and light assets are more in line with the needs of start-ups.
But a new car-making force that chooses to build its own factories, WM Motor founder Shen Hui also said that cars are much more complex than mobile phones, and different models are hugely different, so it is difficult to achieve a highly standardized design like mobile phones, which will also have higher requirements for OEM factories.
Perhaps it is to meet the high requirements of electric vehicle OEM for OEM in the future. In this HHTD, Foxconn showed that the layout of the electric vehicle field is indeed huge enough. First of all, on the MIH platform created by Foxconn and Yulon Automobile , it will be open to the public in the future. In order to lower the threshold for entering the electric vehicle industry, Foxconn has launched a "software-defined open ecosystem" called HHEV.OS. Through HHEV.OS that complies with automotive regulations and meets low-latency transmission, developers can focus on the most valuable development work and significantly shorten development time.
Secondly, Foxconn announced the CDMS (commissioned design and manufacturing service) business model in the electric vehicle field in the next ten years. Foxconn will provide vertical integration services for semiconductors, batteries, software platforms, etc., including the aforementioned HHEV.OS, which is part of it.
In key components, Foxconn demonstrated its own EPS electric power steering system, upgraded to a 48V motor, with a volume of 20% smaller than similar products, and is equipped with an ASIL D safety-level controller, showing Foxconn's manufacturing capabilities in motors, automotive ECUs, mechanical structures, etc. In terms of semiconductors, Foxconn can already provide power chips such as car charger , charging piles, inverter , etc., including 1200 V SiC MOSFET products and process technology .
On the battery, Foxconn has demonstrated a number of technological progress, including battery fast charging and low-temperature optimization, low-drum soft-pack battery technology, cloud AI battery management system, high-energy density batteries, precious metal-free new process and solid-state battery research and development. Foxconn plans to launch its first commercial solid-state battery by 2024. After solving materials including positive and negative electrode materials, electrolytes and other materials, it can reduce the battery weight by half, reduce the volume to 1/6, and increase the battery cycle life by more than 10%. In terms of
manufacturing, Foxconn said that the three electric vehicles on HHTD will be produced and launched in factories in Taiwan, Thailand and the United States, and may also be manufactured in factories in , Indonesia, , India and other places in the future. According to the plan, it is estimated that the annual production capacity of US factories will reach 500,000 to 600,000 vehicles, and the annual production capacity of Thai factories will reach 150,000 to 200,000 by 2024.
Hon Hai has also set a major goal for the electric vehicle OEM business. The company expects to reach 5% of the electric vehicle market by 2025. Previously, a research agency predicted that global electric vehicle sales will climb to more than 20 million units in 2025. According to this data, Foxconn's annual electric vehicle sales will reach about 1 million units by 2025.
However, whether Foxconn, which has just entered the automotive manufacturing field, can break the concept that "the soul is in its own hands" in the automotive industry, and whether the CDMS model can be copied from the electronic manufacturing industry to automobile manufacturing, there are still too many variables.
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