An Autonomous Vehicle patent from Apple details the use and importance of Lidar
On November 18 Patently Apple posted a report titled "Apple appears to be accelerating Project Titan and reportedly Aiming to develop a high-end autonomous vehicle." In order to do that, Apple will be relying on advanced Lidar (an acronym for: Light Detection and Ranging). Yesterday the US Patent & Trademark Office published a patent application from Apple on this very technology
Source: patentlyapple.com