Ford’s BlueCruise hands-free highway driving assist feature debuted several years ago, and has been continuously updated ever since. Several versions of BlueCruise have launched over that timeframe, each offering improvements in terms of bug fixes and additional features, and it’s also grown in terms of the sheer number of models one can use it in, too. The most recent versions of BlueCruise are 1.4 and 1.5, both of which are now shipping to customers via Ford’s 2025 model year lineup.
According to Ford, versions 1.4 and 1.5 are shipping in 2025 vehicles, just as BlueCruise has surpassed six million cumulative hours of usage as of the end of Q2 2025, the automaker revealed in its sales report covering the second quarter of the year. Version 1.4 was originally revealed last September, and brought forth some improvements such as reducing the need for a driver to have their hands on the wheel while the system is active, while also smoothing out lane changes and in-lane stability.
As for BlueCruise 1.5, it debuted just a few weeks later with a more notable addition – a hands-free lane change feature called Automatic Lane Change, which enables BlueCruise to initiate precisely that when the vehicle approaches slower-moving traffic. The feature allows users to stay engaged in hands-free mode longer than before, even in traffic, as it works to avoid merging with traffic that’s moving much faster than the vehicle, as well as the right-hand lane where off-ramps and inconsistent lane markings are present, or merging with traffic that requires the driver to put their hands back on the wheel.
For now at least, version 1.5 is only available in one model, however – the 2025 Ford Mustang Mach-E. This is due to the fact that it requires upgraded advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) and additional computing power, which is why it won’t be available on older models that are already BlueCruise capable. The 2025 Ford Mustang Mach-E boasts that capability thanks to new ADAS sensors and cameras, along with a faster processing unit, upgrades that will expand to other models in the existing lineup in the near future.
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Maybe Brett can dispel/confirm a rumor that some ADAS powered features will require a subscription like your Internet, only larger/ hundreds per month? Love to see more info on how Ford can increase profit via software offers that require expensive hardware upgrades the consumer pays for upfront, but then may never use because cause they can’t afford the subscription.
gm had auto lane change 5 years ago.