A new patent suggests Ford is considering having its cars play annoying sounds if owners fall behind with payments – and if that doesn’t work, the cars might drive themselves away
Ford wants to build cars that repossess themselves, although the technology can’t be used on current models like the Ford PumaFord has been granted a patent for a system that allows a car to repossess itself if its owner fails to keep up with payments. The firm envisions the car driving itself back to the showroom – or to a scrapyard if the value of the car is low. But a security expert warns that the proposed system could instead be used to steal cars remotely.
The system could begin by disabling features such as GPS navigation, the music system or the air conditioning, in order to create what the patent describes as a “certain level of discomfort” for the owner. If this doesn’t work, the patents suggests enabling the car to create an “incessant and unpleasant sound”, such as a chime or beep, every time the owner gets inside.
Such a system would, of course, require the car to be fully autonomous, which has been a persistent but elusive goal for car makers: it is
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