Technology that allows certain vehicles to be retrofitted for self-driving testing lies at the center of an intellectual-property dispute between a Michigan company and self-driving startup Voyage Auto Inc.
Sucxess, a suburban Detroit engineering-services firm, claims that Voyage has used its patented technology to convert regular production Ford Fusions and Chrysler Pacificas into autonomous-vehicle test mules.
Sucxess filed suit against Voyage last month in U.S. District Court in Delaware.