Coming soon: BlueCruise 1.3

[generaltso]

I haven’t even gotten 1.2 yet

And you won’t.

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[Cal]

@generaltso so they’re just going to jump me to 1.3?

 

[RickMachE]

@generaltso so they’re just going to jump me to 1.3?

Read first post.

 

[generaltso]

@generaltso so they’re just going to jump me to 1.3?

Yes, along with everyone else.

 

[Mach-Lee]

Everyone complaining about Bluecruise braking too hard must have more pleasant commutes than me. I feel like I have cars jutting in front off me all the time as it is.

Yeah I hope they tweaked the braking strategy in BlueCruise 1.3 as well. It's a bit oversensitive, and it also gets too close during moderate to heavy braking. You have to keep distance set to 1 in traffic or else the gap is too big and a bunch of people will try to change lanes in front of you. When you get behind a bad driver that likes to jab their brake pedal, it gets pretty jarring in the Mach-E because it looks like panic braking events to the radar. I would add a bit more filtering to the brake response, and also increase the following distance under moderate/heavy braking. Slowing down quickly about 1 car length behind the car in front is a bit scary, human drivers leave a much bigger gap in the same situation.

If you get behind a good driver that smoothly brakes, then it's not too bad other than the creep behavior right before a complete stop. I wish it would come to a stop faster, rather than creeping at 0.5 MPH to close the gap and then abruptly applying the brakes when the distance is closed.

 

[ChasingCoral]

@generaltso so they’re just going to jump me to 1.3?

?

 

[DadzBoyz]

@Ford Motor Company ,

Thank you for communicating this with us.
I think we can all understand that it’s hard to make an aircraft carrier or cruise ship turn on a dime, but this and the improvements that we are seeing are all great signs.

Now, the dealers and service departments…

 

[Rick65]

Yeah I hope they tweaked the braking strategy in BlueCruise 1.3 as well. It's a bit oversensitive, and it also gets too close during moderate to heavy braking. You have to keep distance set to 1 in traffic or else the gap is too big and a bunch of people will try to change lanes in front of you. When you get behind a bad driver that likes to jab their brake pedal, it gets pretty jarring in the Mach-E because it looks like panic braking events to the radar. I would add a bit more filtering to the brake response, and also increase the following distance under moderate/heavy braking. Slowing down quickly about 1 car length behind the car in front is a bit scary, human drivers leave a much bigger gap in the same situation.

If you get behind a good driver that smoothly brakes, then it's not too bad other than the creep behavior right before a complete stop. I wish it would come to a stop faster, rather than creeping at 0.5 MPH to close the gap and then abruptly applying the brakes when the distance is closed.

I like to see it start slowing down sooner when you are at full highway speed and approaching near stop traffic... or at least allow the user to adjust the deceleration/acceleration curve as a setting.

 

[doogie63]

They need to tweak the price. That would fix a lot of the problems people are having with BC. Lol

 

[MacherAWD]

They need to tweak the price. That would fix a lot of the problems people are having with BC. Lol

I have faith in the market! They announced original pricing at $200 a year, and people seemed generally ok with that. So they try to squeeze us. Now it is clear that almost no one is ok with $800 a year. They will get that feedback and drop the price, then the question is how much. Obviously 75% paying $200 a year for BC is better than 10% of us paying $800 a year.

 

[4sallypat]

I have faith in the market! They announced original pricing at $200 a year, and people seemed generally ok with that. So they try to squeeze us. Now it is clear that almost no one is ok with $800 a year. They will get that feedback and drop the price, then the question is how much. Obviously 75% paying $200 a year for BC is better than 10% of us paying $800 a year.

How much are the other subscription prices now for Navigation & Real time traffic for those that are coming up on 3 years ?

 

[hybrid2bev]

How much are the other subscription prices now for Navigation & Real time traffic for those that are coming up on 3 years ?

I don't think anyone is at 3 years yet.

I was one of the first 250 MME's delivered nationally (took delivery in Jan 2021) so my trial is not up until Jan 2024.

 

[MacherAWD]

How much are the other subscription prices now for Navigation & Real time traffic for those that are coming up on 3 years ?

I took delivery in March of 22, so I have some time.

 

[Kamuelaflyer]

How much are the other subscription prices now for Navigation & Real time traffic for those that are coming up on 3 years ?

The cars that hit three years this upcoming January are a bad sample for everyone else’s possible pricing. Those are all Job 1 cars whose owners were specifically promised, in writing, a renewal of $600 for an additional three years. Ford has indicated they will follow that pricing for those cars for a single renewal.

Hopefully a mutually acceptable price level can be found for those for whom BlueCruise us an actual thing.

 

[Neil4Real]

The cars that hit three years this upcoming January are a bad sample for everyone else’s possible pricing. Those are all Job 1 cars whose owners were specifically promised, in writing, a renewal of $600 for an additional three years. Ford has indicated they will follow that pricing for those cars for a single renewal.

Hopefully a mutually acceptable price level can be found for those for whom BlueCruise us an actual thing.

He's asking about the navigation and traffic, which is a different connected service than BC. All owners should be in the same boat on that renewal cost.

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