Speaking of manufacturing electric vehicles, while many of the processes are the same as building ICE-powered cars, there are some non-trivial issues, like working with exceedingly high-voltage batteries, which aren’t. And the Fisker spokesperson told us: “On the manufacturing side, we will still have to press/stamp/paint/weld etc., so whatever shape the factory takes, we will still be sending a car down a production line.”
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Would this be a place were a series of modules come together like so many Lego blocks? As Foxconn isn’t an auto manufacturer, we wondered about what the factory might be like. Its focus seems to be on all aspects of product development, with the manufacturing engineering and tooling and production and the like being done by contract manufacturers-which makes Fisker like a consumer electronics company.Ī Real Factory. Meaning that unlike other EV startups, Fisker is not building a factory. That is, its first model, the Ocean, an all-electric SUV, will be produced exclusively by Magna. Our partnership with Foxconn enables us to deliver those industry firsts at a price point that truly opens up electric mobility to the mass market.”įisker is operating with an “asset-light” strategy. Why Foxconn for Fisker? Henrik Fisker, “In order to deliver on our promise of product breakthroughs from Project PEAR, we needed to rethink every aspect of product development, sourcing, and manufacturing. The model will be distributed in North America, Europe, China and India. Or more to the point: an EV that will have a starting price of less than $30,000 before incentives that will be manufactured in the U.S., then in other global locations. The Fisker agreement officially announced last week is interesting. It has agreements with Geely, Byton, Stellantis, and Fisker. While it has evident chops in building things like iPhones, seems like its electronics know-how will lend itself to the production of electric vehicles. Which brings us to Foxconn, the long-time contract manufacturer for Apple. Think only of Google and its Waymo operation (yes, Waymo is using commercially available vehicles now, don’t forget about the cute little Google car of 2014 (its name: “Firefly”)).Īnd how often do you hear rumors about the Apple car?įoxconn Rising.
While automotive OEMs still want to be perceived as “tech” companies or, at the very least, “consumer electronics companies,” oddly enough things are now going in the opposite direction, as well.
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