Apple Had A Hush-Hush Relationship With Tesla's Chinese-Rival BYD For Now-Abandoned Car Plans — Cupertino Poured Nearly $1B Each Year For A Decade Into The Project
Apple Had A Hush-Hush Relationship With Tesla's Chinese-Rival BYD For Now-Abandoned Car Plans — Cupertino Poured Nearly $1B Each Year For A Decade Into The Project
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) reportedly had a secret partnership with Chinese electric vehicle manufacturer BYD Co Ltd (OTC:BYDDY) (OTC:BYDDF) to create long-range electric vehicle batteries.
蘋果公司（納斯達克：AAPL）據悉與中國電動汽車製造商比亞迪股份有限公司（場外交易：BYDDY）（場外交易：BYDDF）祕密合作，共同打造長續航里程的電動汽車電池。
What Happened: The partnership started in 2017 and aimed to develop a battery system using lithium iron phosphate cells, reported Bloomberg, citing people familiar with the matter.
事件經過：合作始於2017年，旨在開發使用鋰鐵磷酸鐵電池的電池系統，彭博社援引知情人士的話報道。
While Apple does not own any technology used in BYD's current Blade batteries, this development proves Cupertino's efforts to produce a car.
儘管蘋果不擁有比亞迪目前使用的葉片電池中的任何技術，但這一進展證明了庫比蒂諾努力生產汽車。
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據稱，隨着英偉達、蘋果和微軟爭先進而向着4萬億美元估值發展，生成式人工智能初創公司據稱獲得了所有風險投資的40%。
Previously, it was reported that the tech giant spent roughly $1 billion annually over the past decade on its car project, known internally as "Titan," before pulling the plug.
此前據報道，這家科技巨頭在過去十年間每年大約斥資10億美元用於其汽車項目，內部稱爲"泰坦"，然後撤出了這個項目。
Today, BYD's entire car lineup is powered by the Blade system — a battery pack design shaped by insights gained from its Apple collaboration, the report noted.
如今，比亞迪的所有汽車產品線都使用了葉片系統——一種電池組設計，從與蘋果合作中獲得的見解中塑造而成，報道指出。
Eventually, Apple decided to back away from the partnership and consider systems from other battery manufacturers.
最終，蘋果決定退出該合作，並考慮從其他電池製造商那裏獲取系統。
In February, it was reported that the iPhone-maker had abandoned the project.
今年2月，據報道這家iPhone製造商已經放棄了這個項目。
Apple and BYD did not immediately respond to Benzinga's request for comments.
蘋果和比亞迪沒有立即回應彭博社的置評請求。
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Why It Matters: Earlier this week it was reported that Apple has terminated its self-driving vehicle testing permit, which was granted in 2017.
重要性何在：本週早些時候有報道稱，蘋果已終止了於2017年獲得的自動駕駛汽車測試許可。
The seeds of Apple Car were sowed by the company's legendary co-founder Steve Jobs, who wanted the tech giant to create "this generation's Volkswagen Beetle."
蘋果汽車的種子是由該公司傳奇共同創始人史蒂夫·喬布斯播下的，他希望這家科技巨頭創造"這一代的大衆甲殼蟲"。
Now, while Apple has canceled the project, it continues to innovate in the automotive space. For example, in July 2024, it was reported that Apple had patented a novel camera system for cars.
現在，雖然蘋果已取消了該項目，但在汽車領域繼續創新。例如，據報道，2024年7月，蘋果已申請了一項面向汽車的新穎相機系統專利。
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