Ford BlueCruise 1.3 is coming soon

[ctenidae]

That would be a nice poll: how many updates will be necessary to complete the upgrade and which functions will be broken during the process?

That's not a poll- that's a Vegas gambling line!

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[Av8tor]

Anyone, Anyone, Anyone?

 

[LincolnLuvr]

Has Blue Cruise increased its coverage map yet? Last I read, SuperCruise has 400,000 miles of mapped roads whereas Blue Cruise only has 100,000. I am skeptical that BC's coverage has not increased with recent updates but also haven't seen anything otherwise.

 

[Just Lurking]

These notifications are such a tease. First there was the "make sure your car is set to auto-update" email in late July / early August, and now this, more specific communication. Just hurry up and start the rollout, Ford!

 

[mdolan92869]

Everyone is talking about Soon™, but The Smith's have been asking "How soon is now?" since 1984.

 

[RT1 MME266]

Hey @Ford Motor Company, I am turning blue waiting the BlueCruise 1.3 . No update to my MME RT1 2022, it all setup for automatic update.

 

[jmatero]

I wouldn't expect a rollout until after Labor Day holiday. This is one of those "all hands on deck" kinda updates.

 

[agoldman]

soon is relative...

 

[Billyk24]

soon is relative...

After the upcoming uaw strike?

 

[Mach1E]

After the upcoming uaw strike?

How many of them work on the technology side?

I always picture the UAW as being in the assembly lines, but I guess that isn’t necessarily the case.

 

[TheSteelRider]

 

[markw314]

That’s astronomical summer. Meteorological summer ends 30 September.

"Parents with young kids" summer ended the day after Labor Day or earlier.

 

[Mirak]

Your history is correct. But for some reason I’m optimistic that Ford’s Soon1.3 is 5x better than Soon1.0.

Words eaten. OP should update the title of this thread to “not” coming soon.

 

[737flyer]

Probably be another 2 months because of the strike.

 

[ChasingCoral]

Words eaten. OP should update the title of this thread to “not” coming soon.

It's been less than a month since the OP. That's still soon.

Last week, Ford gave several Mach E and Lightning owners (including me) the opportunity to test BlueCruise 1.3 in Mach Es on Michigan-10 in downtown Detroit.

• The ping-ponging seemed to be gone.
• BC 1.3 remained engaged through almost every curve.
• It remained engaged when driving past on- and off-ramps.
• The lane changing was effortless and smooth: you flick the turn signal indicator left or right and the car tells you it is preparing to change lanes. When clear, it changes lanes smoothly while showing you it is doing so on the IPC.
• When passing or being passed by trucks, the car shifts away gently and shows it is doing so on the IPC. It then slides back when the truck is gone.

Ford had wanted to deliver BC 1.3 via Power Ups by now. I can't provide details but I'll just say the phased rollout and testing is working the way it should to make sure that once it reaches general release, BC 1.3 will arrive via safe and reliable PowerUps.

EA Program participants should make sure their Mach Es are scheduled for updates. I'm betting @Mirak is right: delivery should be much faster than the original BC 1.0 PowerUps that were more than six months late in arriving.

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