Ford was granted a patent for vehicles joining automated convoys.

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    "patent_title": "System and method of joining an existing automated vehicle marshaling convoy using wireless communication",
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    "uspto_assignee": "Ford Motor Company",
    "patent_abstract": "A method for transmitting a request to join a marshaling convoy, receiving routing-localization information in response to the request, and controlling one or more sub-systems within a vehicle to enter a marshaling convoy based on the routing-localization information and a marshaling message, wherein the marshaling message causes the marshaling convoy to accommodate the vehicle.",
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curl -X POST https://signals.autobound.ai/v1/companies/enrich \
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  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
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