Jim Farley says Level 3 Autonomous Driving in 2026

[leeman]

Looking forward to a Ford blowup robot that will drive the car automatically referencing a movie we all know.

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[Mach1E]

I am hoping so. Fingers crossed.

No need, driverless cars have been around for years now racking up millions of miles.

You just can’t buy and drive one yet.

 

[Murse-In-Airy]

Level 3 next year. After BlueCruise 1.3 in January of this year…

 

[Dave Thinks]

I think it’s hilarious that Ford thinks the selling point for this is “you can do work or take a conference call,” and not, “you can eat a burrito,” which is what I currently use Blue Cruise for.

 

[jgcom]

Since when is black (ice) real driving conditions? Additionally, ice is a physics problem not a driving problem. Your answer is that a computer will perform the same as a human when it loses physical contact with the road.

The answer is that the various car controllers will need to warn each other so that cars upstream start slowing down a mile ahead of the issue, and/or are warned away from that stretch of road. The human's role would be to endure the delay for the common good. In this sense, ice is solved not with physics but with cooperation, using an algorithm TBD.

 

[JDP That's Me in My MachE]

love that idea!!

 

[jdeve]

Do current MME's have the right hardware or will this only be possible on future MME's?

 

[Mach-Lee]

Do current MME's have the right hardware or will this only be possible on future MME's?

No, Level 3 requires more hardware than we have. Future vehicles only.

 

[jdeve]

No, Level 3 requires more hardware than we have. Future vehicles only.

Just curious. What might be missing?

 

[Mach-Lee]

Just curious. What might be missing?

Lidar, trifocal camera, and redundant processing units.

 

[User100723]

Don’t be silly. It’s not “soon”, it’s soon™.

Wrong. It’s soon™

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[ChehRob]

With all of the advanced communication that steering, braking, motors, etc it has long been a hope of mine that at the 4-5 year mark cars could get a very major update adding what is needed for level 3 driving. It could cost several thousand $$$, and be worth it.

 

[Mantastic]

Lidar, trifocal camera, and redundant processing units.

Makes me wonder if existing cars could be retrofitted for it.

 

[Mach-Lee]

Makes me wonder if existing cars could be retrofitted for it.

Nope.

 

[Bill English]

I’m surprised nobody else has posted this yet?
Jim Farley Autonomous Driving by 2026

I read the article. It does not say when released in 2026 model, it will be available over air to older model Mach E's. I have a 2022 Mach E. If the Level 3 is not available to older models, then their value will plummet further than it already has.

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