Received invite for Early Access to BlueCruise update

[tonesto7]

I think this rollout is going to be drug out than we anticipated. Ford is rolling out their latest sync 4 versions to Mach-e right now and It’s an 8GB upgrade. (Power up 1.7.1) That’s going to require a slow rollout.
Then will come the large BlueCruise upgrade for the modules.

I'm not sure about how many Mach-E are out in the wild but it may be months before we see our turn.

I also wonder what effect the BC lawsuit with GM will have on them rolling this out.

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[Lippy]

This might be a stupid question, but what is the big advantage of Blue Cruise versus adaptive cruise with lane centering, other than taking your hands off the wheel?

 

[SonnyDigs]

This might be a stupid question, but what is the big advantage of Blue Cruise versus adaptive cruise with lane centering, other than taking your hands off the wheel?

That's it, it's a huge advantage having the option to drive without using your hands..

 

[Granch]

I'm guessing they're worried about the OTA and need more time to test. It sounds like we should expect this around mid November. I too purchased this Ford specifically for this feature - I sold my GMC truck and decided to "give Ford a try". GM release their Super Cruise trucks in March with order books opening in December - its going to be a superior product - after this experience I think I'll go back to GMC.

Check the latest news on supercruise no chips no supercruise

we could try and run comma.ai openpilot in these new ford trucks, I am guessing a mach e might be first to run comma openpilot with comma 3 and red panda

 

[NewtruckinFL]

Check the latest news on supercruise no chips no supercruise

we could try and run comma.ai openpilot in these new ford trucks, I am guessing a mach e might be first to run comma openpilot with comma 3 and red panda

I did also hear something about Cadillac holding off on super cruise for early 2022 builds because of the chip shortage. I think the concern here is that the hardware is already installed so then is there an issue with the OTA process? If so and the delay is going to take a long time, is there a workaround where it can be dealer installed? Hopefully we get an update (no pun intended) soon!

 

[JJ_Tex]

It looks like GM and Ford have resolved the lawsuit over the name BlueCruise. Hopefully, that means the OTA update is ready to go... ideally this week before my road trip this weekend.

https://www.freep.com/story/money/c...against-ford-over-bluecruise-name/5985023001/

 

[gtotco]

Check the latest news on supercruise no chips no supercruise

we could try and run comma.ai openpilot in these new ford trucks, I am guessing a mach e might be first to run comma openpilot with comma 3 and red panda

FWIW I was curious about Comma AI and asked a friend who is an AV engineer at one of the major companies for their thoughts. The response was:

“So you want to die in your car? Cool”

Needless to say, his professional recommendation was to avoid the product.

 

[2AActuary]

It looks like GM and Ford have resolved the lawsuit over the name BlueCruise. Hopefully, that means the OTA update is ready to go... ideally this week before my road trip this weekend.

https://www.freep.com/story/money/c...against-ford-over-bluecruise-name/5985023001/

I personally have a really hard time believing that any update was stalled due to a pending lawsuit. If companies had to wait for lawsuits to be settled, then no products would ever get truly launched.

Just my $.02, but my best guess is the OTA testing has caused the delayed. Massive files and is causing problems in the install process.

 

[JasonATL]

I saw Ford has added an FAQ about BlueCruise software updates now.

 

[SonnyDigs]

I saw Ford has added an FAQ about BlueCruise software updates now.

Neither link opens for me..

 

[JasonATL]

That was just a screen shot. Here is the link - https://www.ford.com/support/how-to...-software-updates-frequently-asked-questions/

BlueCruise also shows up in the the connected services as coming soon under my account now https://www.ford.com/myaccount/

 

[SonnyDigs]

That was just a screen shot. Here is the link - https://www.ford.com/support/how-to...-software-updates-frequently-asked-questions/

BlueCruise also shows up in the the connected services as coming soon under my account now https://www.ford.com/myaccount/

Thanks...

 

[JJ_Tex]

Cool, I can see the FAQs and I too say Coming Soon on my account. Fingers crossed I can get BlueCruise before my 10 hour road trip this weekend.

 

[SonnyDigs]

Cool, I can see the FAQs and I too say Coming Soon on my account. Fingers crossed I can get BlueCruise before my 10 hour road trip this weekend.

There is no update on my connected services tab.
I bought my truck in December.
I'll just try to be patient and wait it out.
Fingers crossed.
Good luck guys..

 

[Booms]

For the last hour this has been what I see when trying to go to my connected services web page -

Hopefully this means they are working on something big...

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