Apple working with Chinese firm on car batteries

Apple is working with a Chinese firm on research and development of car batteries, despite claiming it was only developing the software for vehicles. China's Yicai Global claims the Cupertino tech giant has been working with Contemporary Amperex Technology to develop car batteries. CATL was previously a part of Amperex Technology Ltd, which supplies batteries for other Apple products, but has since been spun off into a separate entity. Apple's chief executive Tim Cook has confirmed that the company are working on self-driving car technology for the first time. Apple officially secured a permit to test autonomous vehicles in California on April 14.