Last week, Ford patented a feature that would use the puddle lights, often referred to as ambient lighting, to showcase vehicle status messages. These lights usually light up when the doors of a ...

Up until recently, puddle lights have had the mere role of lighting up the area around the car to show potential hazards - like puddles, for example, or stuff that poodles with careless owners leave ...

The patent details a new version of the familiar puddle light - a simple technology which, as the name suggests, casts light on the ground near a vehicle’s doors to save passengers from stepping into ...