By Sammy Omari, Government Director Superior Driver Help System Applied sciences (ADAS), Ford Motor Firm
We’re introducing the newest model of Ford BlueCruise* software program – BlueCruise 1.4 – our greatest, hands-free freeway driving expertise but. It’s designed to assist ship a extra pure feeling drive and extra time in hands-free mode in comparison with earlier variations.
We’re on a journey to proceed to enhance the hands-free freeway driving expertise to maintain prospects engaged hands-free mode with out interruptions, that may require the motive force to place their arms on the wheel. BlueCruise 1.4 improves the hands-free freeway drive time in quite a lot of driving situations comparable to round a decent curve, in a slim lane, throughout inclement climate or the reflection of the solar on the automobile’s sensors.
Now, with BlueCruise 1.4 now we have added:
- Enhancements that routinely and easily regulate the automobile’s velocity in curves, serving to the motive force to remain engaged in hands-free mode longer and expertise a extra steady drive.
- Larger in-lane stability unlocked by an all-new movement controller, which controls the automobile’s steering, serving to cut back the ‘side-to-side’ motion inside the lane.
- Longer hands-free engagement than prior variations when in numerous driving situations attributable to inclement climate like rain or direct solar.
Think about you’re driving your Ford F-150 utilizing BlueCruise in your every day commute and are developing alongside a pointy curve on the freeway. In prior variations, the system could have disengaged. BlueCruise 1.4 now helps regulate your truck’s velocity to decelerate alongside the curve whereas remaining engaged in hands-free mode. We present in our inside testing, BlueCruise 1.4 permits prospects to remain engaged a median of not less than eight occasions longer in hands-free mode in comparison with BlueCruise 1.0.
BlueCruise 1.4 additionally builds on earlier variations of BlueCruise, which implies customers get the efficiency enhancements plus options launched in prior variations together with Lane Change Help permitting you to alter lanes hands-free on the faucet of a flip sign, and In-Lane Repositioning which helps present extra space by subtly shifting away from autos in adjoining lanes, supplying you with slightly further room.
BlueCruise 1.4 will likely be accessible on choose BlueCruise-equipped 2025 Ford and Lincoln autos from the manufacturing facility, together with the 2025 Ford F-150 and 2025 Lincoln Navigator, and extra autos to observe. It can additionally roll out by way of a software program replace to pick automobile traces sooner or later.
Bettering BlueCruise Throughout Automobile Strains
With each new model of BlueCruise, our in-house Superior Driver Help Methods (ADAS) crew is targeted on enhancing the hands-free freeway driving expertise primarily based on suggestions we obtain from prospects and large-scale knowledge from BlueCruise-equipped autos that prospects have agreed to share with us.
To-date, there are 492,000 BlueCruise-equipped autos on the highway globally and in North America, prospects have pushed greater than 244 million hands-free freeway miles throughout Ford and Lincoln. The extra prospects use BlueCruise, the extra we’re capable of be taught and make significant enhancements by the facility of large-scale knowledge by our Steady Studying Loop course of to ship new variations of software program.
We’re delivering new variations of BlueCruise software program by way of software program updates, in addition to on autos from the manufacturing facility throughout quite a lot of automobile traces and engine varieties from gasoline powered, to hybrid to all electrical. BlueCruise is at the moment accessible throughout 9 automobile traces: the F-150®, F-150 Lightning ®, Expedition ®, Explorer ® and Mustang Mach-E ®, plus the complete Lincoln lineup with some mannequin years relationship again to 2021.
Each automobile line and every mannequin yr inside a automobile line is exclusive and has a particular BlueCruise software program package deal. When delivering software program updates, it’s not so simple as pushing a software program replace to your good telephone. That is extremely complicated and requires updates to a number of system modules and in-vehicle screens.
That’s the reason our aim is to all the time ship the very best model of software program that’s accessible for every automobile line as it’s prepared, whether or not it’s from the manufacturing facility or by way of a software program replace. We are going to proceed to maneuver rapidly to be taught, develop and iterate to raise the hands-free freeway driving expertise for extra prospects throughout gas-powered engines to hybrid and electrical autos.
*Accessible Characteristic. Geared up Ford autos include both a complimentary trial interval or an included period, after which buy of a BlueCruise subscription is required. Modem activation is required for subscription buy and for preliminary activation of BlueCruise (for pre-2024 mannequin yr autos). See ford.com/bluecruise for particulars. BlueCruise is a driver-assist function and doesn’t exchange protected driving or driver’s consideration, judgment or want to regulate the automobile. Solely take away arms in a Arms-Free Blue Zone. At all times watch the highway and be ready to renew management. See Proprietor’s Guide for particulars and limitations.
SOURCE: Ford
