{"id":6964,"date":"2023-04-25T12:05:49","date_gmt":"2023-04-25T11:05:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scrapcarnetwork.org\/news\/?p=6964"},"modified":"2023-04-28T10:17:27","modified_gmt":"2023-04-28T09:17:27","slug":"ford-launches-its-first-hands-free-car","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scrapcarnetwork.org\/news\/ford-launches-its-first-hands-free-car\/","title":{"rendered":"Ford launches its first hands free car"},"content":{"rendered":"

The age of driverless vehicles is edging ever closer! Ford is the latest car giant to dip its toe into the driverless car arena as its BlueCruise technology has recently been approved in the UK. Ministers have recently approved the “hands-off, eyes-on” technology for use on certain motorways in the UK, and this technology will only be available for 2023 models of Ford’s electric Mustang Mach-E SUV at first. So, as we get closer and closer to a future without the need for drivers to control their vehicles, you might be wondering – \u201cis now the right time to scrap my car<\/strong><\/a>?\u201d. In short, probably not but here\u2019s some insight into the future of driverless cars.<\/p>\n

How \u2018hands-free\u2019 is the new Ford Mustang Mach-E SUV?<\/h2>\n

Let\u2019s just be clear, when car companies use phrases like \u2018driverless\u2019 and \u2018hands-free\u2019, they don\u2019t actually mean fully automatic driving in the sense that you can simply get behind the wheel of the car, type in your destination and away you go. What they mean in the case of the new Ford Mustang is that on certain roads, the BlueCruise technology built into the car allows you to take a \u2018hands-off, eyes-on\u2019 approach. What exactly does this mean? Well, the technology can control steering, acceleration and braking, the model can keep a safe distance from other cars and even bring them to a complete stop in traffic jams.<\/p>\n

What\u2019s more, the camera monitor that\u2019s built into the car keeps track of the driver\u2019s eye movements to ensure that they don\u2019t use their phone, fall asleep or do anything that distracts the driver from the road. Essentially, the new Ford Mustang is not a self-driving car but is being billed as “the next development in assisted driving technology\u201d. This is both good and bad news depending on where you fall on the subject – yes, driverless vehicles will make the roads a much safer place to be, but for those who enjoy nothing more than that feeling of your hands on the wheel and your foot on the accelerator, the movement towards fully driverless cars is a daunting one.<\/p>\n

How powerful is Ford\u2019s BlueCruise technology?<\/h2>\n

As far as hands-free driving technology is concerned, Ford\u2019s BlueCruise is impressively advanced. It\u2019s the first system to be approved for hands-free driving in the UK, allowing drivers to take their hands off the wheel for hours at a time depending on which road they\u2019re on. The BlueCruise tech is classified as level-2, which is the same as Tesla\u2019s Autopilot, because the driver still needs to be aware of what\u2019s going on around them. President of the AA, Edmund King said although the technological elements of assisted driving will bring in “safety benefits”, drivers need to stay alert. According to Mr King, \u201dit mustn’t give drivers a false sense of security. Even with hands-free driving the driver remains in control of the machine\u201d.<\/p>\n

While it represents a notable step forward, we\u2019re still some way off from having significant numbers of driverless cars on the roads. So you might not have to scrap your car<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0immediately just yet. But if you do\u2026<\/p>\n

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The age of driverless vehicles is edging ever closer! Ford is the latest car giant to dip its toe into the driverless car arena as its BlueCruise technology has recently been approved in the UK. Ministers have recently approved the “hands-off, eyes-on” technology for use on certain motorways in the UK, and this technology will […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":113,"featured_media":7006,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[16],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n