BlueCruise 1.5 announced with Auto Lane Change (on Mach-E)

[Txmade]

https://media.ford.com/content/ford...automatic-lane-changes-on-bluecruise-1-5.html

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[fordtruckman2003]

Good for 2025 MME owners.

 

[zacko11288]

Auto Lane change confirmed

https://media.ford.com/content/ford...automatic-lane-changes-on-bluecruise-1-5.html

 

[rgeorge]

Thanks for posting. What I am not clear on is why these updates aren’t getting pushed out to late model F150s.

 

[zacko11288]

This appears to only be available on 2025 Mach E's for now

 

[sswalters]

This appears to only be available on 2025 Mach E's for now

Until @rugedraw gets a hold of it!

 

[Fredm2002]

BC 1.5 sounds great, but how about they fix the OTA issues / push the OTA updates so people who bought vehicles with 1.2 - 1.3 - 1.4 can get those too? Hoping everyone has a great day and rest of your week!!!

 

[rugedraw]

Until @rugedraw gets a hold of it!

It may not be that simple. I doubt any new hardware is needed for it, but even so, it would require pulling the files directly off of a Mach E that has it and side-loading the software with FORScan and hope that it works. It may also require some config changes to the APIM to be able to turn the feature on and off. It is most likely the event in the APIM doesn't exist yet for that to be enabled. I can tell you I sure as hell have zero interest in my truck changing lanes automatically.......not in Miami traffic. So assuming the IPMA software is 100% compatible with our trucks, we would not have a way to turn it off until we get an APIM update that includes the toggle for feature.

I would not hold my breathe that we will see this on our trucks any time soon.

 

[Paul Neubauer]

Auto lane changing sounds terrifying with all the people driving around me competing for the next opening on the freeway and suddenly swerving because one of the other 4 cars also went for the same lane at the same time.

 

[zacko11288]

Auto lane changing sounds terrifying with all the people driving around me competing for the next opening on the freeway and suddenly swerving because one of the other 4 cars also went for the same lane at the same time.

I'm in agreement. I love blue cruise overall but I may be skipping this feature. There's always one person swerving around you or traveling excessively fast where I have doubts the system would catch it in time.

 

[sswalters]

It may not be that simple. I doubt any new hardware is needed for it, but even so, it would require pulling the files directly off of a Mach E that has it and side-loading the software with FORScan and hope that it works. It may also require some config changes to the APIM to be able to turn the feature on and off. It is most likely the event in the APIM doesn't exist yet for that to be enabled. I can tell you I sure as hell have zero interest in my truck changing lanes automatically.......not in Miami traffic. So assuming the IPMA software is 100% compatible with our trucks, we would not have a way to turn it off until we get an APIM update that includes the toggle for feature.

I would not hold my breathe that we will see this on our trucks any time soon.

Agree sounds like a bad idea if we aren’t able to turn it off!

 

[HammaMan]

Tesla has had auto lane change for a while. For a lot of people it's mostly moot. I'm only interested in improvements for holding the lane itself. The only benefit would be auto merge for the appropriate lane at junctions which I don't see ford incorporating. Without using higher precision GPS or using machine vision it won't know which lane it's in.

 

[Overboost]

GM has auto lane change on SuperCruise as well. It's a setting in the infotainment that allows you to turn it on or off, or leave as a manual function like v1.3 has.

Here's to hoping the OTA deployment of v1.4 and v1.5 for F150 owners happens sooner, rather than later.

 

[nicholsbradley]

I have been having all these features and more with Comma Ai. On my 2022 Platinum. Not waiting on ford for anything.

 

[DarienAL]

I have been having all these features and more with Comma Ai. On my 2022 Platinum. Not waiting on ford for anything.

Comma doesn't list the F-150 in its compatibility list.

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