Foxconn to pick site for North American EV plant within months

Taiwanese Apple supplier is deliberating between facilities in US and Mexico

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Apple supplier Foxconn says it will choose between its existing facilities in Mexico and the U.S. for electric vehicle production. © Reuters

LAULY LI and CHENG TING-FANG, Nikkei staff writers

TAIPEI -- Foxconn Chairman Young Liu on Tuesday confirmed that the world's biggest contract electronics manufacturer will build electric vehicles in North America by 2023 in a bid to cut its dependence on the slowing smartphone market.

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