Speculation on 2022 software updates?

[RickMachE]

October will be a huge update, as will April 2023. The Mach-E's UI is behind the Lightning's, and will be improved.

Of course, this depends on Ford getting OTAs figured out and working smoothly, which has yet to happen.

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[SnBGC]

Brand new 2022 GT in Ice Blue Silver owner here. Any rumors or expectations for 2022 software update features? I used BlueCruise for the first time yesterday and it worked flawlessly, albeit, a little scary at first. Any rumors as to what else is coming?

Be careful what you wish for. Many of us had great working vehicles that later were compromised by updates. Apparently there isn't an easy way to go back either. Once you get the crappy software then you have to live with it and hope a future update fixes the damage caused by the previous one.

Enjoy your car while you can.

 

[Spooky]

"...the entire interface displayed on the screens in the car. Farley likens it to an iPhone update, saying “the whole UX is going to change.”

https://www.theverge.com/2022/4/26/23042056/f-150-lightning-ford-ev-jim-farley

I'd seen this before and skimmed the Verge article a few days ago but just realized now that quote says screens.....plural.

Would that imply the screen where the GOM, speed, etc. is also changing? Or maybe he just meant plural as in all the vehicles out there.

 

[generaltso]

Any ideas on what it might include? I've never had a car with software updates so kinda exciting to think about the possibilities...

This should give you some ideas:

 

[ManInBlack]

This should give you some ideas:

This is hardly a complete UI change as Farley indicated in his interview. I just saw new games and truck specific options. I’m not complaining because a complete UI change will make my wife complain tht she can’t find anything and where’s the home button and why do I have to swipe from the top left (completely hypothetical examples ;-).

 

[Neil4Real]

This is hardly a complete UI change as Farley indicated in his interview. I just saw new games and truck specific options. I’m not complaining because a complete UI change will make my wife complain tht she can’t find anything and where’s the home button and why do I have to swipe from the top left (completely hypothetical examples ;-).

Yeah, I just finished watching it too, those were my take aways. Other than it being more responsive and the volume bar being horizontal, which is already out on MME's. This one doesn't even look like it has Alexa, which 2022 MME's now have, I believe.

 

[benk016]

This is hardly a complete UI change as Farley indicated in his interview. I just saw new games and truck specific options. I’m not complaining because a complete UI change will make my wife complain tht she can’t find anything and where’s the home button and why do I have to swipe from the top left (completely hypothetical examples ;-).

As far as I'm aware, the new UI won't be in the next round of updates. That could be part of what's coming in the round after the summer updates.

 

[generaltso]

This is hardly a complete UI change as Farley indicated in his interview.

That's true. But I think we're likely to see these types of tweaks before we see a completely new UI.

 

[BadgerGreg]

I know I'm going out on a limb here, but I'm guessing it the updates will make minor changes here and there and squash a few bugs.

 

[dougni]

Even GM is saying that Ultra Cruise (their souped up version of Super Cruise, their implementation of BC) isn't hitting until at least next year on a new fleet of vehicles.

I wonder what will come out with the Silverado EV in 2024 (not First Editions)

 

[samev]

Any ideas on what it might include? I've never had a car with software updates so kinda exciting to think about the possibilities...

You own the wrong car for that

 

[Xweb]

Button to pop the trunk on the main screen.

 

[KevinS]

This way I'm always pleasantly surprised:

 

[SWO]

Two main wish list items for me:

1: On the gauge cluster or elsewhere, more data. Battery Temps, Charge rate, etc. Taycan leads the pack on this front IMO
2: Improved thermal management, unlocking better performance and DCFC charge rates. Kyle on Out of Spec said the current throttling of charge/discharge algorithm is on amps in/out of the battery as opposed to actual temperatures. I'd love to see Ford dive in to active thermal management and flip the algorithm from one that imputes temperatures to one that actually goes off temperature itself (TBD if we have the right temp sensor hardware in the right spots on the current car to do this).

This, plus on-route battery preconditioning.

#1 seems simple, but I don't think Ford will do it for the same reason they have dummy gauges which point dead center unless the value is out of tolerance.

I have an F150. There are folks who have enabled numerical engine/trans temps in forscan. Of these, there have been multiple people who have taken their truck to the dealer (multiple times) because their trans temp is 215-220 degrees vs 200-205 which most people see. They are furious, bombard every thread to crap on Ford and talk about how devious and stupid the dealer is. Thing is, 220 is perfectly fine per the service manual.

 

[ElectrifyCLT]

This, plus on-route battery preconditioning.

#1 seems simple, but I don't think Ford will do it for the same reason they have dummy gauges which point dead center unless the value is out of tolerance.

I have an F150. There are folks who have enabled numerical engine/trans temps in forscan. Of these, there have been multiple people who have taken their truck to the dealer (multiple times) because their trans temp is 215-220 degrees vs 200-205 which most people see. They are furious, bombard every thread to crap on Ford and talk about how devious and stupid the dealer is. Thing is, 220 is perfectly fine per the service manual.

I watched the Out of Spec F150 Lightning Video and Kyle says that Battery and Motor temps are present on the dash of the Lightning. So, if the sensors are there for our cars (you'd have to think they have to be), there's precedent for #1 to happen for us.

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