After the announcement of this news, it has aroused discussions from all walks of life. Perhaps many people are wondering, isn't Foxconn an enterprise that OEM electronic products? Why does it suddenly want to build its own electric car?
Don't get me wrong, Foxconn doesn't want to build its own car, but cooperates with traditional car companies in its best OEM field to help them process electric cars. Even if it is OEM, where does Foxconn's confidence come from?
Foxconn's parent company, Hon Hai Group, was established in Taiwan Province Province, Bao Dao, China on 1974. In the early days of Hon Hai's establishment, it mainly focused on the mold processing of household appliances. In the 1980s, with the advent of the Internet era, founder Guo Taiming saw the potential of the PC market, and Hon Hai transformed to produce computer accessories. But soon, the production capacity of the factory could not keep up with the expansion of the market, and the cost of local expansion was high. But at this time, across the Taiwan Province Strait, Shenzhen, as a special economic zone, has various preferential investment policies. Under the dual factors, in 1988, Guo Taiming decided to invest and set up a factory in Shenzhen and set up Longhua Foxconn Company in Shenzhen.
For more than 30 years, relying on Chinese mainland's demographic dividend and seizing the opportunity of the times, Foxconn has developed rapidly and become the most famous processing factory in the world. Thanks to the development of Foxconn, among the top 500 enterprises in the world in 20 19, its parent company, Hon Hai Group, ranked 23rd, and its products covered communication industry, photoelectric industry, automation equipment industry, precision machinery industry and other fields.
Foxconn has occupied a solid position in its long-term development. Why did you turn to the electric vehicle industry at this time?
The necessary layout of industrial upgrading
According to the data in Foxconn's prospectus, from 20 15 to 20 17, Foxconn's net profit returned to its mother was 143.50? 100 million yuan, 143.66? 1 100 million yuan and 158.68? 1 100 million yuan, with a compound annual growth rate of 5. 16%, and the net interest rate has stagnated and has been hovering at 5%.
In fact, the direct labor cost of Foxconn in 20 17 years reached 165. 62? 1 100 million yuan, which has exceeded the net profit of 65.438+05.868 billion yuan in that year. With the increase of labor costs and the decrease of profits of traditional electronic processing, Foxconn needs to make changes as soon as possible.
In addition to increasing R&D investment, Foxconn has also invested in many fields, transforming into an industrial Internet with automation and intelligence. Foxconn's investment covers hardware enterprises such as 3C intelligent hardware, artificial intelligence, industrial Internet, technology travel and medical technology.
In the field of science and technology travel, Foxconn * * * has 1 1 investment, among which the automobile-related enterprises Xpeng Motors and Contemporary Ampere Technology Co., Ltd. are representative.
It can be said that Foxconn has long set its sights on the field of new energy vehicles while suffering from transformation.
Seize the way out for new energy vehicles
The new energy automobile industry belongs to the sunrise industry, and its development prospect is infinitely optimistic. Although the interlacing is like a mountain, there are still countless companies that want to join.
In China, there was Gree Dong Mingzhu before, and then Evergrande Xu Jiayin.
Foxconn, which is at the forefront of new energy vehicles, also wants a share. It's just that Foxconn is different from the company that used to build its own car. It participates in the field of new energy vehicles by processing.
Accumulation of automobile manufacturing technology
Some people may have questions, but Foxconn, which has investment experience in the field of new energy, has the ability to undertake the work of processing.
As a matter of fact, as early as 2005, Foxconn acquired Antai Electric, a company in Taiwan Province province that specializes in producing automotive wiring harness. Through this acquisition, Foxconn entered the field of auto parts production.
By 20 10, Foxconn has become the world's best-selling new energy automobile company-Tesla's central control touch screen panel and other parts suppliers.
In 20 13, Foxconn added multinational auto companies such as Mercedes-Benz and BMW to the auto parts supply list, providing them with high-tech systems such as in-vehicle entertainment equipment, automotive motors and automotive electronics.
If before this, Foxconn had only been exposed to the traditional automobile manufacturing field. Then in 20 14, Foxconn cooperated with Beijing Benz to develop a new generation of batteries and systems, which announced that Foxconn officially entered the field of new energy vehicles.
In 20 16, Foxconn, which has accumulated rich experience in manufacturing auto parts, cooperated with Tencent and Harmony Automobile, the second largest luxury car dealer in China, and the three parties will try in the field of "Internet plus intelligent electric vehicles".
In 20 17, Foxconn withdrew its capital from the tripartite cooperation with Tencent and Harmony, and the first attempt to produce electric vehicles failed.
Foxconn, which has been silent for three years in the field of new energy vehicles, made a new move in June+10 this year. Foxconn announced that it will establish a joint venture with Fiat Chrysler, each holding 50% of the shares, to develop and produce electric vehicles and operate car networking business in China.
On June 10, 2020, Foxconn officially released the electric vehicle chassis and software platform "MIH? EV open platform ",and revealed that it is negotiating processing services with a number of car companies.
Write it at the end
At this point, maybe many people will be as amazed as I am. Over the years, Foxconn has gradually penetrated into the field of new energy vehicles.
Therefore, Foxconn officially entered the field of new energy vehicles this time, not painting cakes, but prepared.
It will provide services for car companies with its most familiar processing methods and participate in the manufacturing of new energy vehicles. As Liu Yang, chairman of Foxconn, said at the launch of the new platform: "It seems strange to jump into the electric car game, but Tesla is the iPhone of electric cars, and we hope to become the Android of electric cars."
This article comes from car home, the author of the car manufacturer, and does not represent car home's position.