Sometimes, folks get over their head on car payments and fall behind. Other times, nefarious individuals jump into a vehicle purchase with no intention of making all the payments. Regardless of how it begins, the ugly process of vehicle repossession generally ends with a tow truck, a nasty confrontation, or both.
Ford proposes other solutions in a recently published patent application that, among other things, could let the car repossess itself. Titled "Systems and Methods to Repossess a Vehicle," the patent application was filed back in 2021 and it pretty much follows that title exactly. By exactly, we mean five pages of diagrams followed by nine pages of descriptive scenarios intertwined with legalese to define what a "person" and a "vehicle" are. If that sounds a bit intimidating, here's our TL;DR version.
