ElectrifyCLT
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Found this interesting and insightful on Ford's approach to EVs, but most notably...
"That new charger-locator interface will eventually come to the Mustang Mach-E, which is due for a major software update later this year that will refresh 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.” Farley has set ambitious goals for OTA software updates in the future, part of Farley’s push to rethink cars as “digital vehicles,” but it’s off to a slow start. “We’re still not shipping enough software to the car,” he says. Field, coming off stints from Apple and Tesla, has begun to improve things.
“We had some difficulties with BlueCruise when Doug got here,” Farley says, discussing Ford’s level 2 driver-assistance system, which was released as a software update for vehicles that had the right hardware. “We had designed the over-the-air update for BlueCruise in three different tranches, and that just was not going to work. So we’ve simplified it down. We’re getting a lot of BlueCruise downloads now.”
At least the man at the top knows they've gotta get better in this regard. Other things that caught my eye:
https://www.theverge.com/2022/4/26/23042056/the-f-150-lightning-is-finally-shipping-is-ford-ready
"That new charger-locator interface will eventually come to the Mustang Mach-E, which is due for a major software update later this year that will refresh 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.” Farley has set ambitious goals for OTA software updates in the future, part of Farley’s push to rethink cars as “digital vehicles,” but it’s off to a slow start. “We’re still not shipping enough software to the car,” he says. Field, coming off stints from Apple and Tesla, has begun to improve things.
“We had some difficulties with BlueCruise when Doug got here,” Farley says, discussing Ford’s level 2 driver-assistance system, which was released as a software update for vehicles that had the right hardware. “We had designed the over-the-air update for BlueCruise in three different tranches, and that just was not going to work. So we’ve simplified it down. We’re getting a lot of BlueCruise downloads now.”
At least the man at the top knows they've gotta get better in this regard. Other things that caught my eye:
- They expect to run out of tax credits late this year/early next. Heavy lobbying to up the bar.
- Android based Sync will not be backwards compatible with cars shipping with Sync4A
- Battery capacity is the main limiter to 150k production rate for Lightning.
- They're prioritizing chips for EVs over other cars in their lineup.
https://www.theverge.com/2022/4/26/23042056/the-f-150-lightning-is-finally-shipping-is-ford-ready
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