Apple granted U.S. patent for ‘vehicle floor’

Dennis Sellers for Apple World Today:

Apple has been granted a patent (number 10,308,290) for a “vehicle floor and subassemblies thereof.”
Apple apparently thinks that the floors of current automobiles aren’t durable and protective enough. The tech giant wants to provide a floor structure that distributes forces from outboard impacts and/or minimizes a height thereof to maximize space for other uses (e.g., battery storage).

MacDailyNews Take: Obviously, work continues on what sounds like actual vehicles, not software alone.