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Apple Car Battery Talks Stall in Another Blow to Electric Vehicle Project
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Canada's auto sector has EV plans and a lot of good battery research. There is also a lot of battery research in the US. Why can't Apple find US and Canadian companies to build battery plants in North America?
Where is Lucid Motors getting its battery tech? They built a new plant in the US and their car is apparently better than Tesla.
Where is Lucid Motors getting its battery tech? They built a new plant in the US and their car is apparently better than Tesla.
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The car is such a strange move. I feel like someone over there really wanted to buy Tesla. When they couldn't they got this super powered hardon for making a car ever since.
They are not doing it because they want to bring manufacturing back. Cars or its battery needs to be done locally so you dont ship a whole thing via continuer ship compare to iPhone which is a tiny devices. Even Tesla had to set up bases around the world.
Exactly, is this Apples Sinclair C5 moment?
that's not as bad as trying to get the $50,000(?) Apple Car repaired two months after your warranty expires.... Apple will probably want $25,000 to $30,000 to repair something minor. (like what Apple does for out-of-warranty iPhones and Macbooks)
A “delay” in a project that hasn’t even been publicly announced. No big deal. Project schedules always slip. If you breeze through the development process with no slips, that means your initial schedule wasn’t ambitious enough.
Tesla, VW, Renault, Hyundai, Nissan - WE BUY EVERY BATTERY YOU CAN GIVE US!!! And besides, we're building our own battery factories at a cost of billions.
Apple - Well, well, build a factory in the US and give us exclusive manufacturing and engineering teams then maybe we'll buy some batteries from you.
I have absolutely no idea why Apple can't find manufacturing partners.
Apple - Well, well, build a factory in the US and give us exclusive manufacturing and engineering teams then maybe we'll buy some batteries from you.
I have absolutely no idea why Apple can't find manufacturing partners.
Why would the real boss of apple change their mind. The Chinese government isn’t in bed with apple. Apples in bed with the Chinese government.
Transportaton. Car companies, not just Tesla but VW and Ford are all locating their battery plants near the car plants. No one wants to have to ship these huge battery pcaks in containes and they relly do not want to have to pack them in shipping crates only to later have to open and dispose of the crates. Better tomove them 1/4 mile between adjacentplants and maybe in the same building
Alsohaving a plant nearby means you don't need a huge stockpile of battery packs
Tesla just ordered 10GWh of LFP batteries from BYD. Why would BYD stick their necks out for Apple when Tesla would buy all their available supply right now?
That's not a bad idea actually. Rivian has a lifestyle esthetic that seems to fit well with Apple. But I doubt Apple pulls the trigger at a sky-high valuation of $80B. Better to wait until they're distressed and snap them up on the cheap.
They need to be considering something completely new, and so does the entire auto industry. Electric cars can never become mainstream with lithium ion on at the heart. They are dangerous, and an environmental hazard. It sort of works right now because of the minuscule scale of distribution. For it to be done at scale, would be impossible with the current technology.
I didn’t realize the valuation was that high. Still, some sort of partnership might make sense.