Last year, it was reported that
Apple has
poached Samsung engineers to
Develop battery tech**logies for its widely rumored electric vehicle, and **w a**ther unnamed
South Korean Company may be involved
With the project.
Korean site
ETNews **w reports that a small
Korean battery company, which comprises 20 or so employees described as "expert tech**logists in batteries," has been tapped to co-develop
Batteries for the so-called
Apple Car.
Apple is planning to
Develop its own independent
Batteries for electric vehicles based on the
Korean company's patented
Hollow battery tech**logy, according to the report. They are described as cylindrical lithium-ion secondary
Batteries With a thickness of two fingers and uniquely
Hollow centers.
Because Batteries create most heat from the center due to chemical reactions, this Company has created Batteries where air flow and cooling are smooth in the center of Batteries and this can minimize installation of separate cooling device or a device that prevents over-heating. They are also advantageous in high output. By utilizing this space, it is easy to design parallel connection, which is to expand battery capacity, in these batteries.
The report does **t disclose the company's name due to its recently signed **n-disclosure agreement
With Apple.
MacRumors went searching and uncovered a European Patent ******
patent application for a
Hollow type secondary battery filed by
Korean Company Orange Power. According to its website, the
Company has
25 employees in R&D, and 33 total, which together
With the patent application suggests it could be Apple's secretive partner. At this point, however, it remains purely speculation.
Apple recently
appointed Bob Mansfield, a longtime senior executive at the company, to oversee development of the electric vehicle, said to be codenamed "Project Titan" internally. He is believed to lead a team of
hundreds of engineers from the likes of Tesla, Ford, GM, battery
Company A123 Systems, and elsewhere. The vehicle could be street-ready between
2019 and
2021, according to various reports.
Apple Granted Patent for 'Articulated Vehicle'
TTC streetcars in Toronto, Canada are articulated vehicles (Photo: Tom Ryaboi)
The U.S. Patent and Trademark ****** today granted
Apple With a patent, transferred from
BAE Systems, for an invention titled "steering device for articulated vehicle." U.S. Patent **.
9,409,599, filed in July 2015, describes various steering devices for an articulated vehicle, such as a pivoting bus or transport truck. While vehicle-related, the patent's relation to Apple's electric vehicle is questionable.
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