Sooner or later, auto lenders won’t must name the repo man when their clients cease making funds.
As a substitute, the automotive might simply drive itself to an impound lot, in keeping with a patent utility filed by Ford Motor Co. engineers.
The patent utility lists plenty of strategies that could possibly be used to shake down clients, beginning with reminders and warnings despatched to the car show or a smartphone. Additional nonpayment might result in some options being disabled, together with cruise management, window and seat controls, the infotainment system and local weather management. The car ultimately might lock out the shopper or play an “incessant and unsightly sound” each time the proprietor is inside it.
