KB58 wrote:
Ford just wants to be the patent holder. Big companies like them acquire patents by the hundred (thousand?) and frequently sell them as well. I got a chuckle that as a step before repossession, they could shut off your air conditioning. "Hal, it's getting warm in here", "You've got to pay up, Dave"
I have visions of America as an updated Cuba. Instead of keeping old American iron alive, our children will be 3d printing parts for our 2020 ICEs. And to be clear, I'm not going apeshit about it. Everything changes. C'est La Vie.