By Reuters
January 20, 2025 – 4:46 AM PST
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(Reuters) – The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said on Monday it is upgrading a probe into 129,222 Ford Motor (F.N) vehicles over reports of collisions involving the company’s hands-free driving technology, BlueCruise.
The NHTSA opened the investigation after receiving notices of two fatal collisions last April, involving BlueCruise-equipped Ford Mustang Mach-E vehicles.
The regulator said it is upgrading the probe to an engineering analysis, covering vehicles between the 2021-2024 model years.
Engineering analysis is a required step before the NHTSA could demand a recall.
The BlueCruise system uses a camera-based driver monitoring…
