Apple in Discussions With Suppliers for Self-Driving Car Sensors Ed Ludlow, Gabrielle Coppola and Mark Gurman, Bloomberg News An Apple Inc. logo is displayed outside the company's store at Yorkdale mall in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on Thursday, Aug. 22, 2019. Statistics Canada (STCA) is scheduled to release consumer price index data on September 18. , Bloomberg (Bloomberg) -- Apple Inc. is in discussions with multiple suppliers of self-driving car sensors known as lidar, according to people familiar with the matter, a key milestone toward development of its first passenger vehicle. The Cupertino, California-based technology giant is in active talks with a number of potential suppliers for these laser-based sensors that allow a carâs computer to âseeâ its surroundings, said the people, who asked not to be identified due to the private nature of the discussions. The company has been working on a driverless vehicle project for several years and has developed on its own most of the necessary software, underlying processors and artificial intelligence algorithms needed for such a sophisticated system.