Apple in talks with potential suppliers of sensors for self-driving vehicles

SAN FRANCISCO: Apple has held talks with at least four companies as possible suppliers for next-generation lidar sensors in self-driving cars, evaluating the companies’ technology while also still working on its own lidar unit, three people familiar with the discussions said.

The moves provide fresh evidence of Apple’s renewed ambitions to enter the autonomous vehicle derby, an effort it calls Project Titan. The talks are focused on next generation lidar, a sensor that provides a three-dimensional look at the road.