The stalled talks mean Apple has considered Japanese battery makers and sent a group of people to Japan this month. See the pictures CATL and BYD use a type of battery pack technology to improve the performance of LFP batteries. Apple Inc’s talks with Chinese companies CATL and BYD over sourcing batteries for its electric vehicle project have been mostly stalled after they refused to create teams and build US factories that would only respond to the tech giant, said three people familiar with the discussions. Companies have informed Apple over the past two months that they are unable to...