Is Apple working on hollow batteries for Project Titan?
A recent alleged partnership might put Apple at the (hollow) center of some interesting battery tech.
Improved
battery technology has brought us better capacity, but there's so much
more to building good EV batteries than making them last a long time. It
appears that Apple may be making moves to boost battery tech for its
secretive Project Titan, which many believe is a cover for its eventual
automotive offering.
MacRumors directed our attention to Korean news site ETNews,
which claims that Apple has signed a non-disclosure agreement (NDA)
with an unnamed South Korean battery developer, which would presage a
partnership of some sort. Apple did not immediately return a request for
comment.
The
reason for this partnership? The battery company is allegedly working
on a type of hollow battery. Having a battery with a hollow center could
aid in cooling, or at least prevent a manufacturer from also having to
install a bulky, expensive cooling system. ETNews also claims this can
help extend capacity.
MacRumors did some digging
and did, in fact, come across a Korean battery company called Orange
Power, which has a patent application in Europe for a type of hollow
battery. But since the company is bound to the NDA, there's no
confirmation what company is working with Apple. It's wise to stay quiet
when your partner has a strong legal team and about $200 billion in
cash at the ready.
If this is true, it shows Apple is taking its
automotive project quite seriously. Coming up with a new type of
automotive battery that could, theoretically, only exist in Apple's car
could give it a strong competitive advantage, above and beyond the name
recognition. We're still not sure what Apple has up its sleeve, but one
of these days, the company is bound to let slip the dogs of war and
tell us all what's up
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