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Ford Patents Idea That Lets Parked Cars Autonomously Flee Danger

It’s usually not a good sign when you park your car and then return to that spot to find it’s not where you left it.

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The Core Event

An idea in a recently published Ford patent application would turn that into a positive, though, as it would mean the vehicle sensed trouble and autonomously re-parked itself somewhere it deemed safer.

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It’s usually not a good sign when you park your car and then return to that spot to find it’s not where you left it.

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An idea in a recently published Ford patent application would turn that into a positive, though, as it would mean the vehicle sensed trouble and autonomously re-parked itself somewhere it deemed safer.

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