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Car News from Taiwan

A small home car market with one domestic brand, an electronics maker building cars for others, and a battery start-up chasing solid-state cells.

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This page collects news about the Taiwanese car industry: the Luxgen brand, Foxconn’s contract-built electric cars and the battery companies working from the island.

Taiwan’s part in the car business is smaller than its part in electronics, and it runs through three companies. Luxgen is the one domestic car brand, owned by Yulon Motor. Foxtron, the joint venture between Yulon and Foxconn, builds Luxgen’s EVs and offers the same MIH platform to other makers, so a car can be developed in Taiwan and sold under another company’s badge. ProLogium, a battery developer, is the third: its solid-state cell work is tied to a Mercedes-Benz cooperation agreement.

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Frequently asked questions

Which car brands are Taiwanese?
Luxgen is the homegrown car brand, launched in 2009 as a wholly owned subsidiary of Yulon Motor and based in Miaoli. Foxconn, the electronics manufacturer, builds electric cars through Foxtron, its joint venture with Yulon, rather than selling under a car brand of its own.
Is Luxgen related to Foxconn?
Luxgen is a Yulon Motor brand, not a Foxconn company. Its EVs, including the n7, are built by Foxtron, the Foxconn and Yulon joint venture, on Foxconn's open MIH electric-vehicle platform. Foxconn also offers that platform to other automakers.
Who is ProLogium?
A Taiwanese battery developer working on solid-state and related cells for electric cars. Mercedes-Benz invested in it in 2022 under a technology-cooperation agreement, and the company has announced a plant in France for its cells.

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ProLogium GEN4 claims 5-80% charge in 6.4 minutes
ProLogium GEN4 claims 5-80% charge in 6.4 minutes

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 Foxconn Wanted to Bring a Tesla Rival to the US
Foxconn Wanted to Bring a Tesla Rival to the US
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