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<blockquote data-quote="GTSpartan" data-source="post: 16884225" data-attributes="member: 21531"><p><h3>Ford applies for patent that allows automaker to repossess cars remotely</h3><p></p><p>Not surprised one bit by this. Will definitely be in use in the not too distant future. Lenders will simply electronically initiate a shutdown of the vehicle, geo locate it, and come get it.</p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.freep.com/story/money/cars/ford/2023/03/01/ford-vehicle-repossession-technology-patent-late-payments/69956443007/" target="_blank">LINK</a></p><p></p><p>......Ford Motor Co. has applied for a patent on a system designed to try and get people to clear up late car payments that, when all else fails, could lead to cars driving themselves to repo lots.</p><p></p><p>A <a href="https://image-ppubs.uspto.gov/dirsearch-public/print/downloadPdf/20230055958" target="_blank">patent application</a> from Ford Global Technologies was filed with the U.S. Trademark and Patent Office on Aug. 20, 2021, and formally <a href="https://patents.justia.com/assignee/ford-global-technologies-llc" target="_blank">published</a> Feb. 23 for public review as part of the official process.</p><p></p><p>The patent is pending, not yet granted, Ford spokesman Wes Sherwood confirmed to the Detroit Free Press on Wednesday.</p><p></p><p>The patent application describes new "systems and methods to repossess a vehicle." Inventors are listed as Anthony Maraldo, of Southgate; Brendan Diamond, of Grosse Pointe; Keith Weston, of Canton, and Michael Alan Mcnees, of Flat Rock, all Ford engineers.</p><p></p><p>They describe in the patent application a range of possibilities that include the car driving itself off private property to be picked up by a tow truck or taking it to a junkyard if the value is too low based on mileage and other factors......</p><p></p><h2></h2></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GTSpartan, post: 16884225, member: 21531"] [HEADING=2]Ford applies for patent that allows automaker to repossess cars remotely[/HEADING] Not surprised one bit by this. Will definitely be in use in the not too distant future. Lenders will simply electronically initiate a shutdown of the vehicle, geo locate it, and come get it. [URL='https://www.freep.com/story/money/cars/ford/2023/03/01/ford-vehicle-repossession-technology-patent-late-payments/69956443007/']LINK[/URL] ......Ford Motor Co. has applied for a patent on a system designed to try and get people to clear up late car payments that, when all else fails, could lead to cars driving themselves to repo lots. A [URL='https://image-ppubs.uspto.gov/dirsearch-public/print/downloadPdf/20230055958']patent application[/URL] from Ford Global Technologies was filed with the U.S. Trademark and Patent Office on Aug. 20, 2021, and formally [URL='https://patents.justia.com/assignee/ford-global-technologies-llc']published[/URL] Feb. 23 for public review as part of the official process. The patent is pending, not yet granted, Ford spokesman Wes Sherwood confirmed to the Detroit Free Press on Wednesday. The patent application describes new "systems and methods to repossess a vehicle." Inventors are listed as Anthony Maraldo, of Southgate; Brendan Diamond, of Grosse Pointe; Keith Weston, of Canton, and Michael Alan Mcnees, of Flat Rock, all Ford engineers. They describe in the patent application a range of possibilities that include the car driving itself off private property to be picked up by a tow truck or taking it to a junkyard if the value is too low based on mileage and other factors...... [HEADING=1][/HEADING] [/QUOTE]
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