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SiliconAuto to Design and Sell State-of-the-art Semiconductors for Automotive Industry

AMSTERDAM – Stellantis N.V. and Hon Hai Know-how Team (“Foxconn”) (TWSE:2317) right now declared the development of SiliconAuto, a 50/50 joint venture focused to developing and marketing a relatives of point out-of-the-art semiconductors to provide the automotive industry, including Stellantis, starting in 2026. 

The joint undertaking combines Foxconn’s development abilities and area expertise in the ICT field with Stellantis’ deep comprehending of diverse mobility needs all around the environment. SiliconAuto will present prospects an vehicle marketplace-centric resource of semiconductors for the developing amount of computer system-controlled attributes and modules, particularly all those necessary for electric motor vehicles.

Items from SiliconAuto will support the future semiconductor wants of Stellantis, Foxconn and other customers. This includes STLA Mind, Stellantis’ new electrical/digital and software program architecture with comprehensive over-the-air updating capabilities.

“Stellantis will benefit from a sturdy provide of important components, which is critical to fueling the immediate, software package-described transformation of our products,” said Stellantis Chief Know-how Officer Ned Curic. “Our purpose is to develop vehicles that seamlessly link with our customers’ day-to-day life and provide course-foremost capabilities years right after they leave the assembly line. With this joint enterprise, we can develop intent-designed improvements with an successful partnership.”

“We glance ahead to a future of extraordinary EV mobility underpinned by the vertical integration capabilities and assets SiliconAuto secures for our companions,” said Foxconn Chief Item Officer Jerry Hsiao. “The collaborative energy will propel our prospects to grow to be additional aggressive.”

SiliconAuto will be headquartered in the Netherlands. The management workforce includes executives from the two founding associates. Stellantis will give input to SiliconAuto to permit and provide abilities required by potential battery electric vehicles and multi-power auto platforms. 

The joint venture is the item of a December 2021 settlement in between Stellantis and Foxconn to develop a family of semiconductors for automotive applications. In addition to SiliconAuto, Stellantis and Foxconn have the Cellular Drive joint enterprise centered on developing intelligent cockpits enabled by purchaser electronics, human-equipment interfaces and solutions.

 

 

About Hon Hai

Established in 1974 in Taiwan, Hon Hai Technology Team (“Foxconn”) (TWSE:2317) is the world’s premier electronics company and top technological options provider, ranking in the top rated 20 amid the Fortune World wide 500. In 2022, profits totaled TWD6.62 trillion (approx. USD220 billion or EUR200 billion). The Group’s current market share in electronics manufacturing providers (EMS) exceeds 40% and handles 4 important product segments: good purchaser electronics cloud and networking computing and factors and other people. The Team operates 173 campuses throughout 24 nations and is a person of the world’s major companies with about a million personnel throughout peak producing time. The Group has expanded its capabilities into the development of electric powered automobiles, digital health, and robotics, and a few important technologies – new-generation communications know-how, AI, and semiconductors – which are vital to driving its long-expression growth approach. It is devoted to championing environmental sustainability in the production approach and serving as a finest-methods design for world enterprises. To study extra, visit www.honhai.com

 

About Stellantis

Stellantis N.V. (NYSE: STLA / Euronext Milan: STLAM / Euronext Paris: STLAP) is just one of the world’s major automakers and a mobility supplier. Its storied and iconic manufacturers embody the passion of their visionary founders and today’s prospects in their innovative products and providers, which includes Abarth, Alfa Romeo, Chrysler, Citroën, Dodge, DS Cars, Fiat, Jeep®, Lancia, Maserati, Opel, Peugeot, Ram, Vauxhall, Absolutely free2go and Leasys. Run by our diversity, we direct the way the environment moves – aspiring to develop into the best sustainable mobility tech firm, not the largest, while producing included price for all stakeholders as effectively as the communities in which it operates. For additional information and facts, visit www.stellantis.com.

 

 

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