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Ford patents autonomous vehicle repossession (www.motorauthority.com)
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... a Ford patent application titled "Systems and Methods to Repossess a Vehicle" was published by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Feb. 23, although it was submitted to the agency Aug. 20, 2021.

The document describes using vehicles' built-in data connections to remotely disable "a functionality of one or more components of the vehicle," which would serve as warnings if the owner has missed car payments.

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[–] 3 points 4 months ago (1 child)

That would be funny, but realistically this just determines who makes money from licensing the design to everyone else. Assuming the patent isn't successfully challenged.

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