Ford applied for a US patent in August 2021 which was published last week on February 23 (thanks, TheDrive(opens in new tab)). It's called "Systems and Methods to Repossess a Vehicle"(opens in new tab) and goes into detail on a proposed system that would allow Ford, in circumstances where customers are behind on payments, to gradually crimp the car's functionality and make the owner's life unpleasant before, in extreme scenarios, the car just… drives itself away to a repossession lot or a dump. https://www.pcgamer.com/ford-files-patent-to-allow-self-driving-cars-to-drive-away-from-their-owners/