If you remember, we started a series of posts on Thursday of last week talking about five things your car will be able to do in 2020 and beyond (maybe even a year or two before). The first two capabilities were predicting the future and communicating with the road. For the third installment, today’s feature is:

Your Car Will Know When It Needs Repairs

With Wi-Fi networks taking over everything in our society and infrastructure, why wouldn’t they be able to affect the way cars run, too? Analysts predict that in the next ten years or so, cars will be able to communicate wirelessly with service stations along the road. With this interaction, the possibilities are practically limitless. The service station’s network can send your car a signal to tell it that it’s time for another oil change. Or it can even check your car’s safety sensors to see if there are any potential problems that could occur farther up the road.

But that’s not the most exciting part. When hybrids and electric cars take over the road, there’s a possibility that satellites could recharge your vehicles from space. By gathering solar energy and them transmitting that power to vehicle receivers through a wireless communication signal, satellites could recharge your vehicle while you sleep!

While these changes are taking effect, though, invest in a certified Ford to get you through these Dark Ages of car technology. You’ll get the quality vehicle you need at a price you want, and it’ll probably last you until the days when your car will be more intuitive than you.