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10-11-2021, 07:02 PM
https://cleantechnica.com/2021/10/23/app...-collapse/
Apple Battery Talks With CATL & BYD Collapse
Apple continues to nibble around the edge of becoming an electric car manufacturer but keeps running into the same problem. It wants to control every jot and tittle of the design and production process. It has held talks with Hyundai about building cars for the company. After several close calls, Hyundai eventually backed away, saying it did not want to be just a contract manufacturer. Apple wanted so much control over the process that Hyundai was left with the impression it would not be a partner but more like the hired help.
Apple continues to explore ways of getting into the EV business, which would require a supply of batteries. According to [i]Autoblog[/i], both CATL and BYD have declined to get involved in Apple’s plans. Sources say talks with both companies about battery supplies for its planned electric vehicle collapsed because of Apple’s demand that they set up teams and build U.S. plants that would supply batteries only to Apple.
Both companies informed Apple sometime in the past two months that they were not able to meet its requirements, three sources with knowledge of the situation say. One of those sources claims Apple is still interested in pursuing those talks. According to other informed sources, if and when Apple ever brings an electric car to market, it will be powered by LFP batteries, which both CATL and BYD are currently manufacturing.
Apple Battery Talks With CATL & BYD Collapse
Apple continues to nibble around the edge of becoming an electric car manufacturer but keeps running into the same problem. It wants to control every jot and tittle of the design and production process. It has held talks with Hyundai about building cars for the company. After several close calls, Hyundai eventually backed away, saying it did not want to be just a contract manufacturer. Apple wanted so much control over the process that Hyundai was left with the impression it would not be a partner but more like the hired help.
Apple continues to explore ways of getting into the EV business, which would require a supply of batteries. According to [i]Autoblog[/i], both CATL and BYD have declined to get involved in Apple’s plans. Sources say talks with both companies about battery supplies for its planned electric vehicle collapsed because of Apple’s demand that they set up teams and build U.S. plants that would supply batteries only to Apple.
Both companies informed Apple sometime in the past two months that they were not able to meet its requirements, three sources with knowledge of the situation say. One of those sources claims Apple is still interested in pursuing those talks. According to other informed sources, if and when Apple ever brings an electric car to market, it will be powered by LFP batteries, which both CATL and BYD are currently manufacturing.
