Ford Patented a Hood That Folds Into a Workbench. It Still Has to Crumple.
Ford's pending patent folds part of the hood forward into a work surface at bench height. The revealing detail is…
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Toyota’s New Patent Isn’t Really About Photos. It’s About Reading Your Health Records First.
Forget the photo. The interesting part of Toyota’s newest patent filing isn’t that a car...
The Internet Called It A ‘Snitch Car’ Patent. Ford’s Filing Says Something Very Different.
Somewhere in the comments under a story about a new Ford patent this week, a...
Stellantis Wants to Beam a Hologram Into Your Robotaxi’s Driver Seat. Here’s What It’s Not Telling You.
Somewhere in Stellantis’ latest patent filing sits an admission the company will never put in...
Mazda Patented a Fix for the Rotary Engine’s Dirtiest Secret. The RX-7 Crowd Should Pump the Brakes
Every time Mazda files a patent with the word “rotary” anywhere near it, the same...
BMW Patented a Trunk Lid That Swallows Your Charging Cable — And That’s Not Even the Interesting Part
Somewhere in Munich, a BMW engineer just solved a problem that has nothing to do...
Stellantis Patented Emergency Lights for Cars That Have Already Rolled Over
Every taillight ever engineered assumes the car will stay right-side up. Stellantis just filed a...
Toyota Just Patented A Fix For The Paddle-Shift Lag Its Own Engineers Invented Back In 2006
Pull the downshift paddle in a Toyota-built automatic and sometimes the car just waits. Not...