There have long been rumors that Apple, a company well-known for its revolutionary advancements in consumer electronics, is looking into the car sector. In the background, the IT behemoth secretly collaborated with the Shenzhen-based automaker BYD (Build Your Dreams) in 2017 to create state-of-the-art EV batteries. The partnership concentrated on developing a safer, longer-range battery system with lithium iron phosphate (LFP) cells, a technology that has now grown to be a major component of the contemporary EV market. This collaboration shows how far Apple went into the automotive sector and how much it invested in the development of EV technology, even though the Apple car project was eventually abandoned. A closer look at this covert partnership, its ramifications, and its consequences