Apple could begin constructing and promoting a automobile throughout the subsequent 4 years. In line with Reuters, the automobile could (or could not) use self-driving expertise developed by Apple, and it could (or could not) contain a “breakthrough” battery design that might be cheaper and supply longer vary than present expertise.
Reuters says that Apple is engaged on lithium iron phosphate (LFP) battery chemistry, which is cheaper than battery cells that use nickel manganese cobalt chemistry. In July of this 12 months, Tesla introduced it will swap to this chemistry for Chinese language-built Tesla Mannequin 3s by the tip of 2020.
Reuters additionally says that Apple’s battery design “bulks up the person cells within the battery and frees up house contained in the battery pack by eliminating pouches and modules that maintain battery supplies.”
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