Patent Application From Ford to Anger Its Customers

The rapid development and spread of both electric and autonomous vehicles has brought along many technologies. Remote software support autonomous driving In addition to features such as, of course, some features that may not be liked by users have started to be implemented gradually.

Ford’s patent, which has emerged recently, is the kind that will anger many users. According to the information in the patent, the vehicles whose installments are not paid on time. some parts will not work even the vehicles themselves will take them back to the dealers.

When you wake up one morning, your car may not be at the door.

According to the information in the patent, which Ford filed in August 2021, but recently emerged; This system, which can be installed on all Ford brand vehicles in the near future, If the installments of the vehicles are not paid such as the multimedia system, internal navigation, air conditioning and seat heating in cars. capable of locking non-vital features.

If the installments continue not to be paid after the features are turned off, autonomous driving supported vehicles they can even take themselves to dealers.

Models that do not support autonomous driving will completely lock themselves, preventing the owner from getting into the vehicle. In fact, according to the information in the patent, if the vehicles are damaged and “repo” the vehicle is more costly than the vehicle itself. the vehicle will be able to permanently lock itself by driving itself to the nearest junkyard.

As scary as it sounds to us, it’s actually repo or repossession This process, called this, is very common, especially in the USA. For example, when you do not pay the installments of a car you bought, the employees of that dealer can take the vehicle from your door with the help of a tow truck and take it back to the dealers.

Moreover, there is even a law about this in the USA. In fact, this process is so common in the USA that GTA V There are critical references about the repo system in many games, especially in many games.

Of course, this feature can also save lives.

However, of course, Ford did not design this feature exclusively for customers who do not pay their installments. According to the information in the patent, this feature can be used by drivers who faint during an accident or become ill while driving. Thanks to its autonomous driving feature, it can also be used to take it to the nearest hospital. work seems to have been done.

Although Ford does not provide detailed information in the patent about how this system will work, it is stated that a special artificial intelligence-supported system will be installed for the feature to work, while users in the USA argue that such a feature should not be in their vehicles.