Um, Ford's autonomy capability was shown at the reveal, it was one of the top features shown, and here is an article on it.
The Ford F-150 Lightning electric pickup will offer level 2 autonomous driving for certain models for a fee later this year via an over-the-air update.
www.aitrends.com
Thanks for your input, I appreciate it.
Unfortunately for me I grew up with FORD ~ Fix or Repair Daily. And one automaker complaining about labor leaving a coke bottle inside the door during assembly. I bought a new VW in the mid-seventies ~ the engine was rusty and paint had rust specks ~ not a happy camper. Bought a new Saturn, again excessive rust in the engine compartment. Our second Volvo, one of the first 960s off the assembly line blew its engine before 50K miles. For the most part, I have avoided America made cars based on the Ford and Chevy stories during my youth ~ never found the fountain
Toyota has impressed me ever since our first one in 1976. Since I do not drive from the back seat of our cars; well, I have never suffered a catastrophic accident. Our two year old Tacoma, if I enable it, will squawk nearing a line and slow when approaching a car at too high a speed. It has cameras and a radio. When I bought cars way back when JC was a corporal we could buy a radio as an option. Later I would buy a super radio thru the PX and install it myself. My drivers side widow will go down with a touch of a finger; but my year model still requires me to hold the toggle switch until the window fully closes.
When I was a kid, my mom left my sister and I in the car while she would shop. I would tell my sister she was adopted, and manually roll the windows down if the discussion would get too heated. Electric windows prevent that safety relief valve.
Enough of remember when. Most cars have some version of driver assist, it is called Cruise Control. Yes, I insisted on installing my first one on our car myself.
While teaching, one of my students got really upset in his technology report on Google‘s self driving vehicle that drove the speed limit. My point, Google was developing software for driverless cars ~ not Ford.
Competition is heating up; and I am grateful, as more and more automakers move towards electric vehicles. I found it interesting that someone wanted Elon to share Tesla patents ~ he has, but the fossil fuel industry fails to acknowledge Elon’s/Tesla’s contributions. VW or Mercedes bought a Model S and backwards engineered it to educate themselves. The US did that with a stolen Russian MIG (fighter plane) back in my youthful days.
FYI ~ I think the CEO of Ford recently stated that they would ”Crush Tesla”; followed by Jim Cramer stating ”Ford Will Crush Tesla.” My bottom line is no one in ten years +/- has crushed Tesla. Tesla is raising production all the time with growth all around us. Austin according to input is becoming a boom town ~ not based on “Oil,” based on “Tesla the Crusher of fossil fuels.”
Thanks again for the articles and input. Things I say often are seeking to fill missing gaps in what I see or read.