It's here: BlueCruise 1.3 to 2021 Model Year Mach-E

[rugedraw]

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[DYohn]

2021 Job 1 Premium, BC 1.3 download happened today. Works great, lane change ability is much more useful than I thought it would be. Thank you!

 

[o187emdk]

I got BC 1.3 for my 2021 about 2 months ago with update 10.1.0 but the sliders for lane change and other 1.3 upgrades are not active yet. Was told that I have to wait for another update to enable them so currently no better that BC 1.0 and I find my Mach-E ping pongs a little more than before the update.

 

[kevC]

Is Ford offering a trial at all? I let my free BC expire a while ago and didn't renew because I didn't find the features offered at the time appealing. I'd be interested in trying out 1.3 but don't want to commit to it without testing out the new features first.

 

[macchiaz-o]

Is Ford offering a trial at all? I let my free BC expire a while ago and didn't renew because I didn't find the features offered at the time appealing. I'd be interested in trying out 1.3 but don't want to commit to it without testing out the new features first.

Yeah you can now subscribe for a month instead of a longer term, if desired.

 

[SonicBlue]

The best part of this announcement is the sig block “Brian, not AI, from Ford” LOL. Welcome, Brian!

 

[creedda]

2021 Mustang Mach-E Owners,

You may have noticed that we have started to roll out the final update to enable BlueCruise 1.3 on BlueCruise-equipped 2021 model year Mustang Mach-E vehicles! Please keep in mind, as this rollout happens not all vehicles will receive the update at the same time. For example, your neighbor with the same model year vehicle could get the update at a different time than you do.

BlueCruise 1.3 helps you stay engaged in hands-free mode longer, including around curves and narrow lanes. It also builds on BlueCruise 1.2 which includes Lane Change Assist allowing you to change lanes by tapping the turn signal and once the path is clear and In-Lane Repositioning which helps keep the vehicle in its lane while subtly shifting position away from vehicles in adjacent lanes.

We want to thank you again for your patience.

The team at Ford

not expecting an answer but….

Why?

Why not just release it to all VINs at once?

if there are going to be problems with a vehicle it’s going to happen no matter what order the updates come out in.

I assume this has already been tested with a sample fleet and early access fleets to find breaking issues…

So why is the strategy to delay the updates for some owners to the point where all OTA press releases like this need to start with that disclaimer?

Congrats to all you 2021 owners I’m very happy for you but Fords OTA strategy makes no sense to me…

 

[chuckles]

Why not just release it to all VINs at once?

There are roughly 8 (10 now?) “year/job” variants of the MME.

Multiply that by the select, premium, GT, GTPE, and Rally editions.

That’s more than 40 different “as built” configurations.

No, they aren’t all different. But many are.

Also know that there are several handfuls of components on the MME that have updatable firmware. And every component is from different OEMs, none of which Ford Engineering wrote the firmware for. As I understand it, Ford has to ask the OEM to provide software updates, and most OEMs aren’t really set up for this—they are accustomed to shipping their software once, and that’s it. There may be an incremental new version, but that’s not applied to the preexisting fleet.

(hey, ford: you might have better luck if you tried way harder at only having a single version of firmware run on any given component. Upgrades for a given component should be fleet-wide, like Tesla does. Aggressively minimize the QA testing surface area that your team is trying to support.)

 

[MBCook]

And indeed my car informed me it had arrived when I got in about 30 minutes ago!

With any luck the install will go smoothly.

 

[creedda]

There are roughly 8 (10 now?) “year/job” variants of the MME.

Multiply that by the select, premium, GT, GTPE, and Rally editions.

That’s more than 40 different “as built” configurations.

No, they aren’t all different. But many are.

Also know that there are several handfuls of components on the MME that have updatable firmware. And every component is from different OEMs, none of which Ford Engineering wrote the firmware for. As I understand it, Ford has to ask the OEM to provide software updates, and most OEMs aren’t really set up for this—they are accustomed to shipping their software once, and that’s it. There may be an incremental new version, but that’s not applied to the preexisting fleet.

(hey, ford: you might have better luck if you tried way harder at only having a single version of firmware run on any given component. Upgrades for a given component should be fleet-wide, like Tesla does. Aggressively minimize the QA testing surface area that your team is trying to support.)

I think you made the point you agree with me with that last comment.

Ford should be shipping firmware and software upgrades (OTA Updates) fleet-wide rather than piecemeal. It makes their job harder and it frustrates us owners.

In this case there are only a handful of variants (2021 model years) though not relevant to the conversation here.

 

[EasyPass]

Does one need to have a paid-up subscription for Hands-Free-Blue-Cruise 1.3 in order for the automated-lane-change feature to function? In other words, should lane-keeping on its own respond to a set-up with the turn signal switched on driving on a divided highway?

 

[rugedraw]

Does one need to have a paid-up subscription for Hands-Free-Blue-Cruise 1.3 in order for the automated-lane-change feature to function? In other words, should lane-keeping on its own respond to a set-up with the turn signal switched on driving on a divided highway?

No, on vehicles without an active BC subscription, the buttons for lane-change etc won't even show on the screen.

 

[Billyk24]

I think you made the point you agree with me with that last comment.

Ford should be shipping firmware and software upgrades (OTA Updates) fleet-wide rather than piecemeal. It makes their job harder and it frustrates us owners.

In this case there are only a handful of variants (2021 model years) though not relevant to the conversation here.

The skunks work team is doing this for the next generation/version of EV's. Arriving 2027?

 

[minotaurus]

Will BlueCruise be available for 2021 Mach-e also in Europe?

 

[PedroDaGr8]

Just got my notification that the BC1.3 update is ready to install (J1FE no-EA). Gonna install it after I'm back to work from the gym.

Installed perfectly in a bit over an hour while at work. Definitely an improvement over BC1.0

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