Toyota today announced that it has started a retrofit upgrade service for new cars, starting with the Prius. The upgrade program is part of the Kinto Factory program and "enables retrofitting of safety and security devices and functions previously unavailable, such as the Advanced Park feature [...] to cars equipped with Upgrade Ready Design," said the automaker.
Basically, Toyota is starting to build cars with a mind to upgrading hardware long after a sale takes place. But how does Toyota make it feasible to retrofit older cars with newer tech? It all starts long before the car goes on sale "by anticipating the work required for upgrades at the development stage and designing systems in advance that can significantly reduce the time required."
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