KAOHSIUNG, Taiwan -- Foxconn broke ground on its first battery cell plant on Wednesday, marking the latest move by the key iPhone assembler to make inroads into the booming electric vehicle industry.
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Foxconn Chairman Young Liu speaks at a groundbreaking ceremony for the company's first battery plant in the southern Taiwanese city of Kaohsiung on June 15. (Photo by Lauly Li)
KAOHSIUNG, Taiwan -- Foxconn broke ground on its first battery cell plant on Wednesday, marking the latest move by the key iPhone assembler to make inroads into the booming electric vehicle industry.