Foxconn, has expanded its activities in electric vehicles (EVs) over the past year or so, announcing deals with Chinese electric-car maker Byton and automakers Zhejiang Geely Holding Group as well as Italian automobile company Stellantis. TAIPEI: Taiwan’s Foxconn on Monday announced a partnership with Thailand’s state-run energy group PTT PCL to make electric cars in […]
Foxconn Seals Manufacturing Deal With Chinese EV Startup Byton
Apple Inc. supplier Foxconn Technology Group signed a strategic cooperation deal with embattled Chinese electric-vehicle startup Byton Ltd. in a transaction that could mark a large bet by the iPhone assembler on the car-making business. The companies, aided by the Nanjing Economic and Technological Development Zone, aim to start mass production of the Byton M-Byte […]
Byton is launching an app developer program for its M-Byte electric SUV
China-based electric car startup Byton might be best known for its massive 48-inch wraparound digital dashboard screen in its upcoming M-Byte SUV as well as a host of other screens sprinkled throughout the vehicle. Those screens might get all the attention, but they are merely the delivery mechanism or “stage” for what Byton hopes will […]
Japanese Marubeni Corporation to Invest in BYTON in Series C
Chinese electric vehicle (EV) maker BYTON has signed an agreement with Marubeni Corporation, a major Japanese integrated trading and investment business conglomerate, on December 5, making the Japanese company an investor in BYTON’s ongoing Series C funding, according to Chinese media 36Kr. The two will also strike a strategic partnership to cooperate on ride-hailing […]
Electric car startup Byton loses co-founder and former CEO, reported $500M Series C to close this summer
The race is on for building and shipping more cost-effective electric cars, but today one of more ambitious startups in the field announced some significant changes that underscore some of the challenges in making that a reality. Byton, the Chinese electric car startup, today announced that Carsten Breitfeld, the former BMW executive and Byton co-founder who […]