Jay Ward, the Creative Director for Pixar's Cars brand, theorized the following backstory for the franchise: "If you think about this, we have autonomous car t

Jay Ward, the Creative Director for Pixar's Cars brand, theorized the following backstory for the franchise: "If you think about this, we have autonomous car technology coming in right now. It’s getting to the point where you can sit back in the car and it drives itself. Imagine in the near-future when the cars keep getting smarter and smarter and after one day they just go, “Why do we need human beings anymore? They’re just slowing us down. It’s just extra weight, let’s get rid of them.” But the car takes on the personality of the last person who drove it. Whoa. There you go."