Young Liu, chairman of Foxconn Technology Group, speaks in front of a Model C electric vehicle during an event in Taipei, Taiwan, on Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2022. Liu said he hopes one day that Foxconn can make cars for Tesla.I-Hwa Cheng | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesFoxconn, the biggest assembler of Apple’s iPhones, wants to one day build cars for Tesla, the company’s CEO said, as it pushes further into electric vehicle manufacturing.Hon Hai Technology Group, Foxconn’s official name, launched two electric vehicle prototypes on Tuesday — the Model V pickup truck and Model B sports crossover hatchback.But Foxconn doesn’t want to sell its own-brand cars. Instead it wants to design and manufacture vehicles for other automakers. The company claims that it can cut the design time of a car in half and reduce the development cost by a third for an automaker wanting to use its services.The Taiwanese firm has big ambitions. Young Liu, CEO and chairman of Foxconn, said on Tuesday that the company is targeting 5% market share globally of electric vehicle manufacturing by 2025, adding that he hopes Tesla will be a customer.”I hope one day we can do Tesla cars for Tesla,” Liu said.Tesla currently manufactures its own cars at its factories around the world — in its U.S. locations and in Berlin and Shanghai.Elon Musk’s Tesla was not immediately available for comment when contacted by CNBC.Over the past two years, Foxconn has been ramping up its electric vehicle business.Last year, the company unveiled three prototype cars. Two of those are currently on the roads. The Model T electric bus is part of the public transportation system in Taiwan and the Model C is a production vehicle branded as the Luxgen n7 by Taiwanese automaker Yulon Motor.Liu said he wants Foxconn’s customers to sell “a lot of EVs.”Foxconn has built its business over the last few decades in consumer electronics manufacturing and assembly. But the com …
