Apple is looking to buy key parts for its self-driving Apple Car

[Chris Smith]

• Apple is reportedly negotiating for key parts for its self-driving Apple Car -- the LiDAR sensors that would allow the vehicle to see where it is and navigate its surroundings.
• Apple is negotiating with various providers in search of the LiDAR technology that will be considered cutting edge four or five years from now.
• Apple already uses such sensors in the iPhone 12 and iPad Pro to power low-light photography and deliver augmented reality apps.

Apple is making its own driverless car. That’s what an increasing number of reports say, with the mythical Apple Car possibly set to launch in five years time. Apple would need to partner with an established carmaker that already has an automotive supply line in place that could be used for the Apple Car.

That company would just mass-produce the Apple Car, with Apple in charge of the design, in-car experience, and the software to power it all. The Apple Car would be electric and would not require a driver, several reports have said. Apple is already working on those two key technologies. A new story claims that Apple is already chasing the critical component that would make its self-driving car ambitions a reality.

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