Stellantis
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Jeep’s Parent Has A Clever Fix For Rainwater Pouring Into Your Trunk
The company’s earlier version needed a water sensor and a control unit, and this one needs neither.
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Jeep’s Parent Wants to Put Your Car’s Gauges Outside the Windshield
A French patent application moves the driver’s display to the far side of the glass, and the patent office’s own search suggests the idea is older than it looks.
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Honk, Then Listen: Jeep’s Parent Wants Self-Driving Cars To Sound Out Blind Corners
A French patent application teaches an automated car the oldest courtesy on a mountain road, then goes quiet on what happens when nobody honks back.
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Jeep Has Held the Switchback Name Since 2018, but Now You Can Buy One
A fresh trademark application arrived the same day as Jeep’s mismatched Wrangler finale, and the reason sits in the fine print of an older registration that never went away.
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A Stellantis Filing Has The Car Pull Over For Police, Even If You Won’t
The French application leaves no role for the person behind the wheel, and the patent office has already pointed to older versions of the idea.
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Jeep’s Parent Proposes a Sun Visor That Could Replace the Gauge Cluster
A roof-mounted display changes its physical size with the driving task, while keeping the familiar movements of a sun visor.
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Jeep Parent Wants to Make the Steering Heavier When You Use One Hand
A proposed cabin system would use the driver’s build, grip and stored preferences to choose steering effort.
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Jeep Parent Proposes Car Seats That Cool the Row Behind
A proposed personal climate system gives the front seat a role beyond keeping its own occupant comfortable.
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Jeep’s Parent Proposes Swiping Across Cameras to Open Driver Profiles
A camera strip that takes space away from the touchscreen could become a control surface of its own.
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Chrysler’s Parent Proposes A Car That Rocks The Child Seat When Baby Cries
The proposed comfort system has a second job that parents may value more than a quieter ride.