For a free car, roll down the windows.
“The system could begin by disabling features such as GPS navigation, the music system or the air conditioning, in order to create what the patent describes as a “certain level of discomfort” for the owner.”
You apparently don’t realize that ALL the controls for the vehicle go through the computer and the up.down switch sends a signal to the computer and the computer sends a signal to a relay to open and close the windows.
They float this as 'it's just something we can do to get deadbeats to make their car payments'. But I believe the real reason for this is that they want to go to a subscription model. You can buy the car but you want a radio? $15 a month. On you want heat? Get the climate subscription package for just $5 a month!
The really bad part is that they will have to build all the cars with maxed out specs (all the options) which will drive up the costs and then they will nickel and dime you monthly for whatever features you want or your car will be a dog.
For a free car, roll down the windows.
“The system could begin by disabling features such as GPS navigation, the music system or the air conditioning, in order to create what the patent describes as a “certain level of discomfort” for the owner.”
How did we ever live with all that?