Mach E in stop and go traffic?

[scubadev]

Hey All!

I'm considering buying a mach e and had the privilege of test driving one yesterday. Living in Dallas, one major use case I can't ignore is dealing with stop and go traffic. Has anyone tested the mach e in significant traffic?

During my test drive, I found that I had to tap the resume button after every complete stop and had to put my hands at 10&2 on the wheel every 30-60 seconds. Has anyone experience the same and found a way around them? I'd love for the car to do just handle the stop and go automatically just like a Tesla would. Similarly, I'd love to to let the mach e know I'm paying attention without having to put both hands at the top of the wheel.

What have your guys' experience been like?

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[macchiaz-o]

Hands on driving on the Mach-E doesn't require the 10 & 2 positions. It's just detecting your torque control of the wheel. You can hold the wheel where you're comfortable, as long as you are in control of it, too.

Adaptive cruise works fine for me in rush hour, but it's not gonna drive exactly the way I prefer. Yes, it will come to a complete stop and can resume from a stop with the traffic... But in a slow and go or mild stop and go situation, I'm more likely to pause cruise control and then control acceleration and breaking on my own, and then resume once the situation warrants.

 

[JamieGeek]

Welcome to the site.

Well first of all: The system as it currently is in the Mach-E isn't hands free. You have to have a hand on the wheel the whole time (there is a torque sensor).

I can drive with all the cruise features on using only one hand (it doesn't take much torque to satisfy the sensor).

Prior to OTA2 my car would give up after less than 5 seconds in completely stopped traffic. (Note that you don't have to tap the resume button--you can press the accelerator.)

After OTA2 when I come to a complete stop it now displays "Auto-Resume" and will stay that way a lot longer than it did before (I haven't timed it yet because I haven't encountered a condition where it gave up after the over the air update).

Another thing that may concern you is that even at the shortest following distance it will leave enough room for people to slip in front of you.

 

[BMT1071]

Welcome to the site.

Well first of all: The system as it currently is in the Mach-E isn't hands free. You have to have a hand on the wheel the whole time (there is a torque sensor).

I can drive with all the cruise features on using only one hand (it doesn't take much torque to satisfy the sensor).

Prior to OTA2 my car would give up after less than 5 seconds in completely stopped traffic. (Note that you don't have to tap the resume button--you can press the accelerator.)

After OTA2 when I come to a complete stop it now displays "Auto-Resume" and will stay that way a lot longer than it did before (I haven't timed it yet because I haven't encountered a condition where it gave up after the over the air update).

Another thing that may concern you is that even at the shortest following distance it will leave enough room for people to slip in front of you.

I think I read 30 seconds for Auto Resume, but that could be on a different car.

 

[SnBGC]

Another thing that may concern you is that even at the shortest following distance it will leave enough room for people to slip in front of you.

This is my issue as well. If I allow the car to maintain distance in heavy traffic then others cut in front of me at the slightest opening.....then the car slams on the brakes. I have already had two near misses where drivers behind me had their wheels locked up trying not to rear end me.

I don't think the Mach-E is doing anything wrong. It is driving sensibly. It is the other wreckless drivers all around me that are on the knife edge between a near collision and calling a tow truck.

 

[JCHLi]

There is also a setting for brake hold, so make sure you have that set approximately if you want it to auto resume after stopping.

Regarding the hands on wheel... That won't go away, even with future updates, the hands free won't be available in stop and go traffic.

 

[BDC]

Regarding the hands on wheel... That won't go away, even with future updates, the hands free won't be available in stop and go traffic.

Really? I don't recall seeing that anywhere. There are lots of mentions of stop-and-go for BlueCruise, I was assuming it would work in situations like that.

 

[JohnnyForensic]

Really? I don't recall seeing that anywhere. There are lots of mentions of stop-and-go for BlueCruise, I was assuming it would work in situations like that.

Yeah, the BlueCruise video does show that on the roads it knows, it will handle stop and go driving on its own. We’ll see once it launches for sure.

 

[BMT1071]

Really? I don't recall seeing that anywhere. There are lots of mentions of stop-and-go for BlueCruise, I was assuming it would work in situations like that.

I haven't seen a speed range listed for BlueCruise. Anyone have a link to that info?

 

[JCHLi]

Really? I don't recall seeing that anywhere. There are lots of mentions of stop-and-go for BlueCruise, I was assuming it would work in situations like that.

Perhaps if you have stop and go traffic on a mapped divided highway....

I forget the highways on the coasts can turn into stop and go traffic on a regular basis. For me a highway means steady 70 mph driving.

 

[BMT1071]

Perhaps if you have stop and go traffic on a mapped divided highway....
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You mean like rush hour Monday through Friday in any major metro area? ???

 

[BDC]

Perhaps if you have stop and go traffic on a mapped divided highway....

I forget the highways on the coasts can turn into stop and go traffic on a regular basis. For me a highway means steady 70 mph driving.

BlueCruise is definitely highway only. I had assumed highway from the original post, but looking now it doesn't actually say that, so you are right if this is non-highway driving. And yeah, in SoCal speed limits are more ... theoretical, shall we say.

And FWIW, I used dynamic cruise in stop and go traffic yesterday, SB I5 and only had to press the resume button once, all other times it resumed automatically. I also had follow distance on max, and had no trouble with people cutting in front of me. Though this was a stretch of highway with few exits/entrances (Camp Pendleton area), so there wasn't much reason to switch lanes.

 

[Jim McDaniell]

Hey All!

I'm considering buying a mach e and had the privilege of test driving one yesterday. Living in Dallas, one major use case I can't ignore is dealing with stop and go traffic. Has anyone tested the mach e in significant traffic?

During my test drive, I found that I had to tap the resume button after every complete stop and had to put my hands at 10&2 on the wheel every 30-60 seconds. Has anyone experience the same and found a way around them? I'd love for the car to do just handle the stop and go automatically just like a Tesla would. Similarly, I'd love to to let the mach e know I'm paying attention without having to put both hands at the top of the wheel.

What have your guys' experience been like?

If your in stop and go traffic it is not a good idea to use cruse control, what I do is use one peddle driving, it works great.

 

[BMT1071]

If your in stop and go traffic it is not a good idea to use cruse control, what I do is use one peddle driving, it works great.

Ford literally named the feature Stop and Go.

 

[JCHLi]

If your in stop and go traffic it is not a good idea to use cruse control, what I do is use one peddle driving, it works great.

As a matter of comfort I agree, I don't really care for how ACC handles the break.

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