They kept the rights to APB Reloaded and can do whatever they want with it, they just can't make new stuff under the APB brand. Did you even read the post?
honestly the tanky vehicle patch was one of the worst development decisions in this game. i can't remember which patch it was and its a pain in the patootie to find the old patch notes now but it was like in 2013/2014 IIRC.