Hands-free lane driving offers by Ford BlueCruise 1.2 and Lincoln ActiveGlide 1.2

Ford is updating BlueCruise, its hands-free driving technology on 130,000 miles of North American highways

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BlueCruise 1.2 adds hands-free lane changes, curve-slowing, and "in-lane shifting."

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BlueCruise is marketed as ActiveGlide in select Lincoln vehicles like the 2022 Navigator and 2023 Corsair SUV

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The new safety system will debut on Mach-E and Corsair 2023 models.

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Let's review how Ford and Lincoln's upgraded self-drive systems work before getting in

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BlueCruise/ActiveGlide can be used on 130,000 miles of premapped and divided North American highway

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When the car recognises it's on a mapped road, it alerts the driver via the digital gauge cluster that

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he or she is in the Blue Zone and Blue Cruise can be activated.

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A driver attention monitor ensures the driver stays focused on the road while BlueCruise is activated.

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No napping, book-reading, or other distractions while driving. The driver must be ready to take over at any time.

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