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Dead Battery? Ford Has a Plan to Send Drones to the Rescue.

By
Al Root
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Dead battery? Not a member of AAA? Ford Motor has a unique solution to that problem and one that illustrates how car companies are adapting improving technology to improve drivers’ lives.

Ford (ticker: F) was issued a patent earlier this week for a “system including a computer programmed to actuate a plurality of drones to first establish one or more electrical connections there between and then to provide a jump start to a vehicle.”

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