Ford’s BlueCruise, a hands-free highway driving assistance feature, has reached two significant milestones. The system has been approved for use in Europe, and is now on more than 420,00 vehicles.
Ford announced this week that BlueCruise has received approval from the European Commission to operate in 15 European countries, including Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Great Britain, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Spain and Sweden.
With the approval BlueCruise can now be used on over 133,000km (82,642 miles) of designated highways, known as Blue Zones.
This approval gives Ford customers to the ability to embark on multi-country road trips using BlueCruise, with Ford saying a journey from Sweden to Italy, covering nearly 3,000km (1,864 miles), can now be completed hands-free.
Existing Mustang Mach-E owners in the approved European countries will receive a software update to activate BlueCruise. This expansion makes BlueCruise the most widely available Level 2 hands-free driving system in Europe, according to Ford.
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While BlueCruise expands to Europe, over 415,000 vehicles in the US are now equipped with BlueCruise, according to Ford’s Q2 2024 earnings report, marking a 25% increase from the first quarter of this year.
The BlueCruise system, which allows for hands-free driving on designated highways, has seen users cover more than 321 million km (200 million miles) in Canada and the US with the feature activated. This is a significant jump from the 112 million km (70 million miles) recorded a year earlier.
