Future Ford Vehicles Could Get New Parking Assist System

Ford Motor Company has filed a patent for a parking assist system that may be used in future Ford vehicles, Ford Authority has learned.

The patent was filed on September 21^st, 2023, published on March 27^th, 2025, and assigned serial number 0100545.

The Ford Authority Take

As Ford Authority reported just over a year ago, The Blue Oval ultimately decided to remove the automated parallel parking feature from Ford Active Park Assist based on the fact that few customers were actually using it, as well as the fact that removing it saves the company around $60 per vehicle. However, Ford has filed a number of patents outlining various new automated parking features in recent years, including ideas for a remote park assist feature with augmented reality, an active parking assistant, a remote maneuvering system, and key fobs with remote park-assist functionality.

Now, this newly published patent introduces us to an idea for a parking assist system that may be used in future Ford vehicles, which also aims to help make the art of parking a bit easier. In this case, Ford is focused on making it easier to park in a tight space, specifically, which can be the source of frustration for many – not to mention, a time consuming task. As such, this patent presents us with a system that would communicate with a parking structure, receive information about a parking space, and then proceed to park the vehicle automatically.

This system would be able to calculate the correct path it needs to take to park in a space, even tight ones, and if there isn’t enough room, it would stop and request user intervention. If there is enough room, the system would proceed to park the vehicle neatly in between the lines, making it potentially enticing for folks that tend to struggle with such things sometimes – or find it to be a cause of unneeded stress, at the very least.

“Submitting patent applications is a normal part of any strong business as the process protects new ideas and helps us build a robust portfolio of intellectual property,” Ford said in a statement. “The ideas described within a patent application should not be viewed as an indication of our business or product plans. No matter what the patent application outlines, we will always put the customer first in the decision-making behind the development and marketing of new products and services.”