Makemake ʻo Apple e kūkulu i hale hana pākaukau no nā kaʻa uila. Kūkākūkā ʻo ia me BYD a me CATL

Aia ʻo Apple i nā kamaʻilio mua me nā kelepona Kina a me nā mea hana pākaukau CATL a me BYD. ʻO CATL kekahi o nā mea hana nui loa o nā pūnaewele lithium-ion ma ka honua, ʻoiai ʻo BYD (4th i ka honua) ʻike ʻia ʻo ia ke alakaʻi i ke kūkulu ʻana i nā ʻenekini hana e pili ana i kāna mau pūlima hao lithium iron phosphate.

ʻO Apple me nā hale hana pākaukau US

Me he mea lā e pau ana ka waiwai nui o kēlā me kēia Luna Nui e hōʻemi i nā kumukūʻai hana ma o ka outsourcing. ʻO Apple, ʻae, ke kūkākūkā nei me nā mea hoʻolako Kina, akā hoʻolālā e hoʻomaka i nā hale hana kelepona a me nā pākaukau ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa. Aia nā kūkākūkā pāʻoihana i kahi manawa i maopopo ʻole inā e hoʻopau lākou i kekahi hopena a i ʻole hui pū ʻana, hōʻike ʻo Reuters.

ʻO CATL i kēia lā ka mea hoʻolako nui i nā pūnaewele lithium-ion no nā hui Kina he nui, kākoʻo pū ʻo ia iā Tesla, ka hui PSA mua, Mercedes, BMW, Volvo, ... BYD hana nui no kona pono ponoʻī, ua wehe ʻia i nā hui ʻē aʻe ma ka ʻoihana kaʻa wale nō ma ʻApelila 2021 ... Ke hoʻomohala nei nā ʻoihana ʻelua i nā ʻāpana lithium iron phosphate (LFP, LiFePO₄), he haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa ka ikehu ma mua o nā pūnaewele me [Li-] NMC a i ʻole [Li-] NCA cathodes, akā ʻoi aku ka palekana a ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ma mua o lākou.

I Ianuali 2021, aia nā manaʻo e kūkulu ʻo Apple i kāna kaʻa me ka hui pū me Hyundai a i ʻole Kia. ʻO ka hope loa, ua hoʻokuʻu ʻo Hyundai i kēlā mau koi a ua hoʻololi ʻia - ma ka liʻiliʻi loa i haʻi ʻia - e China's Foxconn, ka mea i hana i nā iPhones no Apple. Ua mākaukau ʻo Foxconn i kahi kahua EV, ua manaʻo maikaʻi ʻo ia i ka powertrain, akā ʻaʻole ʻike ʻia inā loaʻa iā ia nā ʻaelike e hoʻolako i nā helu he nui a me nā manaʻo no ke kino kaʻa a me loko.