✅ True. Ford Global Technologies applied for a patent on a system that, among other methods, self-drives cars to an impound lot if its owner is behind on payments. Note: In a statement, the company said, 'We don't have any plans to deploy this.'
by Ford, the application describes, in the case of autonomous or self-driving cars, a system that sends"a command to the autonomous vehicle to travel to a vehicle repossession site." Several other strategies are described in the application, as reported by The Drive:
The system, which could be installed on any future vehicle in the automaker's lineup with a data connection would be capable of"[disabling] a functionality of one or more components of the vehicle." Everything from the engine to the air conditioning. For vehicles with autonomous or semi-autonomous driving capability, the system could"move the vehicle from a first spot to a second spot that is more convenient for a tow truck to tow the vehicle...
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