Active Drive Assist will cost $1,400 (says Autoline Daily)

[ChasingCoral]

Just returned from a road trip in my dad's CRV. It has ACC, which I used most of the time. Like in your rental Camry, it allowed me to adjust following distance using 1-4 bars. I prefer a longer follow because it allows the vehicle to be more efficient by not using mechanical braking as often. However, when getting to busier roadways I would end up shutting it off because anytime someone jumps in front, the car hard brakes, which makes anyone behind it want to get around it, and so on.

So, ACC is really cool for less populated roads, and maybe also for heavy stop and go, but haven't tried that yet. I think the CRV might not handle the stop and go situation whereas Mach-E's ACC implementation is enhanced for that (up to 30 seconds of full stop is handled, or something like that).

It might be solved by setting it the ACC to one bar but I'm not sure I want to risk that!

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[hybrid2bev]

Knowing Your Mustang Mach-E: Connected Navigation

Your Ford Mustang Mach-E* is equipped with SYNC® 4A with Enhanced Voice Recognition and Connected Built-In Navigation** -- the latest technology to help make your travels a bit easier. This video explains how it works.

 

[macchiaz-o]

Knowing Your Mustang Mach-E: Connected Navigation

Your Ford Mustang Mach-E* is equipped with SYNC® 4A with Enhanced Voice Recognition and Connected Built-In Navigation** -- the latest technology to help make your travels a bit easier. This video explains how it works.

OK cool... Looks like Ford is licensing the Garmin myTrends function. This is the first time I'm seeing that on the SYNC display in a screenshot or video.

http://www.poi-factory.com/node/42522

 

[Woeo]

It has adaptive cruise control -- my first time using ACC. Wanting to make sure we don't crash the loaner, I've left ACC in 3 "bars" of space (about 3 seconds following distance). Everyone jumps into that large a space.

This transition is going to have its moments.

As 'autonomous' vehicles increase on the roads, human drivers will force the issue, knowing the computers will likely be coded to give way. Catalyst for road rage anyone?

While that will be quite an issue to overcome..... what about situations where many 'autonomous' vehicles reach a critical interaction and each tries to defer to the others due to programming....or each tries to be the one to take the bull by the horns by acting aggressively. I am imagining instances of widespread gridlock & accidents.

 

[jhalkias]

Some advice for everyone considering this. Don't read any Daniel Suarez novels.

 

[GoGoGadgetMachE]

Some advice for everyone considering this. Don't read any Daniel Suarez novels.

Or "The Passengers" by John Marrs.

 

[ChasingCoral]

This transition is going to have its moments.

As 'autonomous' vehicles increase on the roads, human drivers will force the issue, knowing the computers will likely be coded to give way. Catalyst for road rage anyone?

While that will be quite an issue to overcome..... what about situations where many 'autonomous' vehicles reach a critical interaction and each tries to defer to the others due to programming....or each tries to be the one to take the bull by the horns by acting aggressively. I am imagining instances of widespread gridlock & accidents.

It’ll be like that comedy skit about traffic jams in Seattle caused by everyone being so polite they insist the others go First, causing gridlock.

 

[JellyBelly]

This transition is going to have its moments.

As 'autonomous' vehicles increase on the roads, human drivers will force the issue, knowing the computers will likely be coded to give way. Catalyst for road rage anyone?

While that will be quite an issue to overcome..... what about situations where many 'autonomous' vehicles reach a critical interaction and each tries to defer to the others due to programming....or each tries to be the one to take the bull by the horns by acting aggressively. I am imagining instances of widespread gridlock & accidents.

Yup - will be interesting how they resolve this

 

[macchiaz-o]

Yup - will be interesting how they resolve this

PRNG.

 

[GoGoGadgetMachE]

PRNG.

A psuedo-random number generator? I hope not! Too many human drivers drive like they are driven that way already!

?

 

[macchiaz-o]

A psuedo-random number generator? I hope not! Too many human drivers drive like they are driven that way already!

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You're such a nerd. PRNG is "park reverse neutral GO GO GO GO GO." hahaha

 

[GoGoGadgetMachE]

You're such a nerd. PRNG is "park reverse neutral GO GO GO GO GO." hahaha

hey, you knew what I was talking about ?

 

[Kamuelaflyer]

I haven't seen it, yet. The one we've occasionally posted here was for GM Super Cruise.

The Gm one:

https://supercruise-map-viewer.cp.gm.com/

Ford does say all 50 states, and the GFM version has 48 states coverage so a real map of Ford's areas would be great ... prior to purchasing the upgrade.

 

[eager2own]

The Gm one:

https://supercruise-map-viewer.cp.gm.com/

Ford does say all 50 states, and the GFM version has 48 states coverage so a real map of Ford's areas would be great ... prior to purchasing the upgrade.

Ridiculous! Why would you ever need more than the 48 states?
....oh, yeah... never mind.

 

[kdryden99]

I think what annoys me sometimes is there will be construction cones and signs that say that, but no workers present, lanes still clearly marked and separated, etc. It's like crying wolf, one day they are going to say that and really mean it, but other times its like "well just because the sign says that doesn't mean it isn't safer to go faster".

I'm probably and idiot but since everything is less congested because of covid, I'll routinely drive 75/80 on the way home, even though the whole thing is marked at 65. I'm not one to take risks in a car at all, but I feel just as safe doing that as I would out in the middle of nowhere on a divided highway.

I think what's really dangerous is when a) someone is weaving in and out of traffic, or b) a car is going significantly faster or slower than the cars around it.

Shit i thought only happened here in Montreal

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