Ford is trying to patent technology that would allow cars to repossess themselves. As first spotted by The Drive, a Ford patent application titled "Systems and Methods to Repossess a Vehicle" was ...

Yeah, you read the headline right. Ford has patented a system that, per the filing, would use several different sources of information to customize ad content to play in your car. One such information ...

A rather dystopian if somewhat expected use for connected cars started doing the rounds this week with the discovery of a patent, published last month, titled "Systems and methods to repossess a ...

For whatever benefits the vehicle-as-a-service might net a consumer, this new Ford patent hints at a possible downside: inescapable ads blaring on your car's infotainment screen. The same onboard data ...

Ever been so frustrated with your car that you want to go full Karen/Kevin on the people who designed it? Well, Ford has applied for a patent on an electronic system that will patiently listen to your ...

Big tech companies like Apple file patents all the time. Some of these, like Apple’s patent for an AirPods case with a built-in display, or the one for an iPhone that folds in half, could easily ...

The Android Automotive-based system debuted on the Lincoln Nautilus and now has made it to the first Ford vehicle. The Android Automotive-based system debuted on the Lincoln Nautilus and now has made ...