Ford wants to allow your car to lock you out — and even drive itself to an impound lot or scrapyard — if you miss payments
, was filed in August 2021 but wasn't published until last week. It shows that Ford is interested in building a system that would allow a car to lock out its driver and even repossess itself, if its driver doesn't keep up with payments.
In the patent application, Ford describes the use of a"repossession system computer" that can facilitate the process, which starts out with some minor annoyances that would cause"discomfort" to the vehicle owner. If a driver ignores warnings about their missing payments, the process would begin with the computer disabling functionality of features like cruise control, GPS, air conditioning, and the radio.
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