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Would you buy a Ford self-driving car that would automatically drive to a repo company if you missed a payment?
Ford is on time for in the process of a patent application for self-driving cars to drive away from their owners after a series of missed payments for its proposal will force the car to drive itself to a repossession agency. Having the car drive away would be a last resort. The patent application shows Ford would first pressure delinquent owners by disabling some of the car’s features, like the air conditioning or having the audio system play unpleasant sounds. Wow.
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