Ford seeks patent for cars that ditch you if payments missed

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  1. Huge_Performer8213 says

    We’ll there goes my intent to buy an F150 lightning. This is DANGEROUS technology in the hands of a bad actor and such systems should never be introduced.

  2. arcxjo says

    Joke’s on you, Hank, I can’t even afford to put enough gas in the tank for my car to make it down the driveway.

  3. bstowers says

    Is it just me or does this feel like the bullshit panic tech story of the week?

  4. PaddleMonkey says

    We own nothing, and we’ll be happy with it.

  5. olyteddy says

    meh. Elon Musk already does that. Miss a payment & they brick your Tesla.
    https://www.reddit.com/r/privacy/comments/rkqd8b/tesla_allegedly_remotely_unlocks_model_3_owners/

  6. DeerDiarrhea says

    Buy a boot and if Ford wants their car, they can destroy it.

  7. IndianaNetworkAdmin says

    ILPT: Buy a new Ford, stop making payments, strap your young child in on the last day (As long as it’s a nice day out, not too hot, not too cold), and sue the absolute shit out of Ford and the dealership you buy it from when it absconds with the child.

    Sarcasm, obviously, but I can see all kinds of ways this can go to shit.

    Edit: I realize it didn’t surprise me at all that an American corporation is looking at new technology as a new way to screw consumers. I just immediately jumped to thoughts of how to screw them back. ‘Murica.

  8. Cephadrum says

    Additionally, the doors will be locked and you will be taken directly to the station when the sheriff issues a warrant for you.

  9. westdl says

    What’s next, Tesla’s seatbelt will choke you out before driving you to the collection agency?

  10. strangelander29 says

    Imagine feeling tingling in left side, slowly creeping into your jaw. The left side of your face becomes numb and a thousand needles prickle at your temple. You know this. You are having a stroke. You dial 911, and are promptly taken to the hospital.

    Your partner, hearing the news, goes to leave work. They rush through clocking out, tell their boss about the horrible emergency, and run to the parking lot, only to find that the Ford Escape is just gone. Fucking gone, man. Your partner tries to catch an Uber, but it takes too long.

    Then you die in the hospital.

    Would you haunt the shit out of Ford’s CEO, for the rest of their life, by personally offering Satan a spit-glide handy, if your spirit remains on this side of the veil?

    I know I would.

  11. Ray_Pingeau says

    Are they going to apply for a patent that has my vehicle spawn a new battery when I take it inside with me?

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