Ford BlueCruise Coming To Three Additional Models

As Ford Authority reported earlier this week, The Blue Oval recently opted to merge its next-generation FNV4 (fully-networked vehicle) electrical architecture learnings with that of its existing architecture, called FNV3, to create one unified setup called FNV3.X. The idea behind this shift is to create an architecture that can be used not only in EVs, but also, traditional ICE models, reducing complexity and costs at the same time. However, this piece of news also revealed that Ford’s BlueCruise hands-free highway driving assist feature will soon be available in three new models as well.

Those models are the Ford Bronco, Ford Ranger, and Ford Mustang, according to Ford EV design head Doug Field, who specifically named those vehicles as ones destined to get the Ford/Lincoln Digital Experience software that’s already available in a variety of products in its lineup. This update comes courtesy of the automaker’s newer FNV3 architecture, which gives it the capability to deliver software updates “quickly,” according to Field, as well as “deliver improvements in vehicle quality.”

“Having a small number of core platforms is a key part of any software-driven engineering team,” Field said. “Without platforms, software engineers face having to re-develop the same features for different customers and vehicles. And we want our Ford digital experience to be recognizable whether you’re in a Bronco or a Mustang Mach-E or an F-150 with a snowplow attached. Having a new electrical architecture on some vehicles and a legacy architecture on other vehicles and maintaining them all at the same time, is not a good strategy for this new world.”

Expanding BlueCruise coverage to additional models should only help continue that feature’s tremendous growth that began back when it debuted in the Ford Mustang Mach-E and Ford F-150 for the 2021 model year. As of this past March, there were over 757,000 vehicles equipped with BlueCruise across the globe – 446,000 of which were just added in the past year. Globally, Ford and Lincoln customers have spent more than five million hours with BlueCruise engaged as well, which is nearly a 100 percent increase compared to 2024.