A Taiwan mobile phone manufacturer wants to produce electric vehicles for Japanese car companies, a seemingly unlikely proposition given the structure and history of Japan¡¯s auto industry.

And it just might work for Hon Hai Precision Industry.

EVs are different ¡ª they don¡¯t have engines, so it¡¯s much easier to manufacture them, allowing players not normally a part of the process to get a significant piece of the action.