NB: Whilst there's been some former coverage of the concept, and several submissions of BMW initiating the practice, there doesn't seem to be any substantial specific recent coverage of this particular story.
(I'm seeing other submissions flagged as "dupe", which seems innacurate.)
I'm suggesting that despite repeat attempts to generate discussion on HN, this particular story has not, and therefor this submission should NOT be flagged as "dupe" under HN's guidelines.
(I'm seeing other submissions flagged as "dupe", which seems innacurate.)