Pixel smartphone in India, Apple's largest contract manufacturer Foxconn spoke about the «beginning of the Bharat era».
Foxconn's India representative V Lee posted on LinkedIn photos of the company's Hon Hai Tech Day 2023 that took place on October 18 and captioned it, «Great event with so much India ambitions, beginning of the Bharat era, devoting to EVs and semiconductors.»
In September, ET reported that Foxconn was evaluating several states, including Tamil Nadu, where the Taiwanese company has mature operations.
Lee had responded to a post on LinkedIn that featured an ET report about Tamil Nadu emerging as a hub for EV investments with the comment, «Coming,» signalling the company's interest in possibly choosing Tamil Nadu as the safe harbour for its ambitious electric vehicle (EV) plans.
«Foxconn is exploring EV opportunities with few states in India, including Tamil Nadu,» Lee told ET. «Our chairman (Young Liu), too, has said that regionalised production for cars is natural which is why we had our factory in Ohio and we are going to have one in Thailand.