The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) announced on Monday that it has opened an investigation into 129,222 Ford vehicles following reports of collisions involving the company’s BlueCruise hands-free driving technology.
The probe focuses on incidents involving Ford Mustang Mach-E vehicles equipped with BlueCruise, including two fatal collisions. BlueCruise utilizes a camera-based driver monitoring system to assess driver attentiveness and operates primarily on 97% of highways in the U.S. and Canada without intersections or traffic signals.
The investigation highlights the increasing focus on autonomous driving technologies, with automakers integrating features such as lane-keep assist and adaptive cruise control into their vehicles in recent years.
