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Why do so few new cars have heated windscreens?

Why do so few cars have heated windscreens? Surely Ford's patent must have expired by now. It is a brilliant feature.

Asked on 2 November 2016 by David

Answered by Honest John
It has. MINIs were the first outside Ford to get it. Then Jaguars. Some Renaults have them.
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