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Highest price to pay to be a Ford owner

But aren’t we a software company? Build code like we build cars and trucks.

WASHINGTON, April 10 (Reuters) - The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said on Wednesday it was opening an investigation into a March 3 fatal crash between a Ford Mustang Mach-E and two stationary cars on the I-95 interstate highway in Philadelphia.

In March, the NTSB said it was investigating the use of an advanced driver assistance system in a Ford Mustang Mach-E that was involved in a Feb. 24 fatal crash in San Antonio, Texas in which the Mach-E struck rear of a Honda CR-V that was stationary in a traffic lane on Interstate Highway 10.

Ford offers BlueCruise, an advanced hands-free driving system that operates on 97% of U.S. and Canadian highways with no intersections or traffic signals.

The NTSB said it is investigating in coordination with the Pennsylvania State Police, which did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Ford said Wednesday it was recently made aware of this incident by the NTSB and has informed the National Highway Transportation Safety Association (NHTSA) as required.

NHTSA requires automakers to report all fatal crashes involving advanced driver assistance systems.

"We are researching the events of March 3 and collaborating fully with both agencies to understand the facts," Ford said.

NHTSA did not immediately comment.

The Philadelphia Inquirer reported the crash closed the busy section of I-95 for several hours after the fatal accident.

The NTSB has opened several investigations in recent years into advanced driver assistance systems including Tesla's Autopilot.

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Gotta love the software defined vehicle!

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Post ID: @2nxj+1rY6AWaf

Hopefully, this will cost Ford millions and lead to the elimination of BlueCruise from all of its products.

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Post ID: @1kpr+1rY6AWaf

The Blue Cruise on the F150 works quite well actually. I took a demo unit up and down southfield in rush hour and it drove in heavy traffic with constant adjustments without any assistance from the driver which was surprising. However the system still cant see or predict situations the way a human can, so it's no surprise that there are crash situations with other vehicles. For example, a load pallet on the road is something it cant detect. It also can't detect stopped traffic around a road bend which the driver can see as the radar system can not. Every system out there has the same problems.

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Post ID: @1hsv+1rY6AWaf

I don't know why anyone would trust the driver's assist feature. We can't even get our dash screens/back up cameras to work right.

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Post ID: @1len+1rY6AWaf

Mach-e is much worse compared to the Ford Pinto 🔥. You would think 50 years of advanced automotive technology improvements would fix and prevent a lot of issues nowadays.

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Post ID: @1qrc+1rY6AWaf

Blue cruise went on blue screen cruise. Lol

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Post ID: @1hew+1rY6AWaf

I’m surprised lawyers are not lining up to sue for these safety….i mean convenience features when they don’t function as promised when sold.

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Post ID: @1wwy+1rY6AWaf

A software company has a revenue line item for software sales.
Ford is a vehicle manufacturer / sales company.

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Post ID: @rsf+1rY6AWaf

They didn’t mention Blue Cruise by name?
Our premiere subscription service…

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