Two Chinese companies that Apple has negotiated for the batteries of its mysterious electric vehicle have refused to work with Apple, according to a new report. The decision of the companies, which are giants in the field of batteries, was influenced by both political and economic reasons.
There have been a lot of rumors about Apple’s electric vehicle, which we know as ‘Apple Car’, for about 2 years. What the vehicle will look like and what features it will have is just these rumors and information on some of Apple’s purchases.
It is clear that the Apple Car adventure will take a long time. The company is taking slow but controlled steps in this regard. In addition, Apple is already faced with slowing obstacles in terms of cars; like this week. The two companies that Apple tried to negotiate for the car’s battery gave up on working with Apple. This is because Apple was their request about the battery.
Battery giants refused:
According to a report released Friday, Apple was torn between Chinese CATL and BYD. But with both agreement not reached. All three companies have yet to respond to calls for comment, but according to the report, Apple may have a firm assemble a team and Establishing battery manufacturing facilities in the USA wanted. It is stated that CATL and BYD rejected this investment in the last 2 months.
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According to the report, CATL’s decision, It was a strained relationship between the US and China. BYD, on the other hand, was not very keen on establishing a huge facility that would only serve Apple. After these two giant companies left the candidates, Apple is said to have turned to Japanese battery manufacturers this time and sent a team to Japan for talks earlier this month.