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Click-bait. Companies file patents all the time. Doesn't mean they are ever planning on implementing this. If some auto-loan company decides to implement this
by ActorNightly 4y ago
Click-bait.
Companies file patents all the time. Doesn't mean they are ever planning on implementing this. If some auto-loan company decides to implement this in the form of software that goes inside the cars, using its autonomous sensors, or whatever else, Ford gets money.
- bilekas 4y agoDid you read the article? This exact point was addressed.. > “We submit patents on new inventions as a normal course of business, but they aren’t necessarily an indication of new business or product plans,” Ford said in a statement. > Even if you take Ford at face value there, this kind of thing absolutely can be done. In a world where automakers are actively fighting your ability to fix your own car.