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James Moylan, engineer behind arrow signaling which side to refuel a car, dies (fordauthority.com)
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[–] trolololol@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I had no idea this was a thing.

I'd assume there's a patent forbidding non Ford cars from having it.

[–] blackn1ght@feddit.uk 2 points 1 month ago

We have it on our Nissan.

[–] GiantRobotTRex 2 points 1 month ago

According to this article, Moylan chose not to patent it.