BlueCruise going out OTA to regular plebs (non-EA owners)!

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I received 2.8.2 last night and was able to use it on my commute home last night and back to work this morning! I agree with other's comments about the lane centering being better and when on the highway in hands free mode, it is fantastic!

I'm happy that my software update journey to BlueCruise is finally over and I will say that I'm quite impressed with the overall smoothness of the OTA process from 2.6.0 all the way to 2.8.2. Hopefully all future OTA from Ford will be just as smooth and we will no longer need to worry about failed OTA issues.
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I received 2.8.2 last night and was able to use it on my commute home last night and back to work this morning! I agree with other's comments about the lane centering being better and when on the highway in hands free mode, it is fantastic!

I'm happy that my software update journey to BlueCruise is finally over and I will say that I'm quite impressed with the overall smoothness of the OTA process from 2.6.0 all the way to 2.8.2. Hopefully all future OTA from Ford will be just as smooth and we will no longer need to worry about failed OTA issues.
Agree. I know others may have had issues but it was pretty smooth and consistent once the updates started coming through. Gives me confidence that maybe Ford will add more features (frunk opening) and deal with that HVB connector recall via OTA.
 

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2.8.3 installed yesterday, widget crashed so I didn't get the notification that it was updating.
 

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So, interesting. My updates have all been perfect until today, when I got a "General Failure Will Retry" for 2.8.3.
 

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So, I know this is a little off track but kinda tied to this thread. After traveling about 600 miles using DC charging (Phila to Savannah), i noticed the HVB temp climbing after each charge cycle by about about 5 degrees on the last 3 cycles. I ended the trip with a HVB Temp at 105 def F. Does anyone know what the danger point is for the maximum temp? This is with an incoming coolant temp of 78 deg F. It was at or near 100 deg ambient on arrival today. Could the cooling system be under sized to handle multiple DC charges in higher temperatures?

NOTE - I STILL LOVE THIS CAR

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the Mach-Eā€™s module architecture apparently contains a significant thermal design weakness ā€“ the plastic carrier bottoms. They block direct cell-to-plate heat conduction ā€“ the primary thermal path used in most other manufacturersā€™ current-generation pouch-cell-based packs. The only thermal path is through a long, thin passive aluminum thermal fin. With two cells heating it, this is too much heat for the skinny fin to efficiently conduct down to the cooling plate. It is literally a narrow thermal bottleneck.



The Mach-Eā€™s conductive-path thermal resistance model showed that at a 1-C rate charging/discharging current, it scored a next-to-last 0.23 bottleneck score and had a 4ā°C temperature difference between the cell hot spot and cell cold-spot near the cooling plate.


This temperature difference is extremely stressful to the cell and can contribute to reduced cell energy storage capacity. This charge rate or higher can only be sustained while the cell internally ā€œwarms itself upā€ to its maximum charging temperature early in the charge session. Once at maximum, the cooling system engages to keep the cell hot spot below the cellā€™s maximum temperature.

To its credit, Ford is exploring the various slow-charging/over-heating issues and seeking improvements. It's promised a software update that will extend the higher-speed charging rates beyond 80% SOC, and possibly bump up the maximum initial kW charge rate.


Also, Ford is exploring ā€œunbridledā€ drivetrain power-management software tweaks to modulate repeated hard-acceleration power demands, thereby reducing pack heating and extending track-style driving times. But software tweaks treat symptoms and do not resolve the root cause: The current Mach-E packā€™s hardware-based thermal bottleneck ā€“ the plastic-carrier/passive-fin based module design ā€“ is baked in.
 

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I now have all of the updates required for BC but havenā€™t actually tried it out yet. Just wondering from those of you that have was it worth the wait? The timing was good since I have a mini road trip coming up in July.
 

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I now have all of the updates required for BC but havenā€™t actually tried it out yet. Just wondering from those of you that have was it worth the wait? The timing was good since I have a mini road trip coming up in July.
Yeah I got to actually use it yesterday and it was really cool. Didnā€™t experience any of the complaints others had, didnā€™t seem to hug the right lane. Maybe you need to take a trip to Arbyā€™s?
 

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Yeah I got to actually use it yesterday and it was really cool. Didnā€™t experience any of the complaints others had, didnā€™t seem to hug the right lane. Maybe you need to take a trip to Arbyā€™s?
I will definitely be trying it out on my next trip up to Orlando but NOT on I-4!! I am thinking hwy 429 since I donā€™t know of any roads nearby that have been mapped for BC?? I am ready for another trip to Arbyā€™s! Lol
 

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In heavy traffic, it doesn't track off of the correct vehicle consistently. What I mean by this is sometimes it will slow down because a vehicle in the lane next to you is slowing down. Yet other times a vehicle can be merging in from the side and it will speed up with the vehicle in front of you. It is not consistent. It would be better if it would sample 3 directions and react based on lateral movement as well as frontal movement.
 

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I will definitely be trying it out on my next trip up to Orlando but NOT on I-4!! I am thinking hwy 429 since I donā€™t know of any roads nearby that have been mapped for BC?? I am ready for another trip to Arbyā€™s! Lol
Itā€™s only limited access highways, so roads with exits mostly.
 

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Finally got 2.7.1 today. Hoping that's the start of more frequent updates to get me to BC. šŸ¤ž
 

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I had Blue Cruise and tried it a few times the last few trips on the same road I used Blue Cruise on in the past give me a message this is a Blue Cruise road but when I engage it it tells me to keep hands on the wheel. Did something change? I can't seem to get it to go in to Blue Cruise I have all the settings on correct. Seems like some update actually changed something and turned it off.
 

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I had Blue Cruise and tried it a few times the last few trips on the same road I used Blue Cruise on in the past give me a message this is a Blue Cruise road but when I engage it it tells me to keep hands on the wheel. Did something change? I can't seem to get it to go in to Blue Cruise I have all the settings on correct. Seems like some update actually changed something and turned it off.
That happened to me a couple of days ago just for that one trip. It is working again today. I think it was just a malfunction like the many others that happen with the navigation or the radio or the back up sensor or.....
 

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I got a chance to test out BlueCruise on a 5 hour road trip from NorCal to Santa Barbara (risked fast charging with the recall šŸ˜¬šŸ¤žšŸ¼). Overall, it seemed to work fairly well, engaging on 101 South quite a bit. The only thing that makes me not trust it is that often it would transition from BlueCruise to "Put your hands on the wheel" with no audible warning, just the visual non-blue screen. How can this be safe? At least provide some audible warning or a vibration on the steering wheel. Otherwise, BlueCruise demands you keep eyes on the road (not the screen) but the function can transition to normal adaptive cruise at any moment. It's nice to have and glad I got it OTA but honestly, I'd rather be able to control my frunk from FP or the screen.
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