Clients proved desperate to get their fingers on hands-free driving expertise in 2025. Final yr, Ford says, it added half one million new BlueCruise-equipped automobiles on the highway throughout each Ford and Lincoln manufacturers. BlueCruise utilization surged in 2025, with complete hands-free miles pushed rising by 88%, in keeping with Ford’s information.
BlueCruise is Ford’s Degree 2 automated driving system. It pairs techniques corresponding to adaptive cruise management with lane protecting help, permitting drivers to take their fingers off the wheel whereas protecting their eyes on the highway. On the time of this writing, the system is mapped to work on over 130,000 miles of North American roads.
The SAE classifies self-driving expertise into 5 ranges. Ranges 0 by way of 2 are thought of driver assist options, whereas Ranges 3 by way of 5 are categorized as having autonomous functionality. Nearly each automaker’s system remains to be at Degree 2. Ford is trying to provide automobiles at Degree 3 in 2028. At Degree 3, drivers will be capable of look away from the highway, however should keep able to take over driving if prompted. Mercedes-Benz provides a Degree 3 systemhowever it’s solely authorized in Nevada and elements of California.
BlueCruise Stats
Ford’s From the Street web site launched a BlueCruise information round-up with a deep dive into BlueCruise utilization for 2025.
BlueCruise is at present out there throughout 9 Ford car traces: Explorer, Expedition, F-150, F-150 Lightning, Mustang Mach-E, and your entire Lincoln lineup. In 2025, F-150, Mustang Mach-E, and F-150 Lightning prospects drove probably the most miles and spent probably the most time utilizing BlueCruise.
F-150 prospects are BlueCruise tremendous customers, logging probably the most BlueCruise miles (118 million miles) in 2025, in keeping with Ford’s information. Additionally they spent probably the most time utilizing BlueCruise (1.6 million hours) in comparison with different geared up automobiles.
The most important change in utilization got here from Lincoln Nautilus drivers, who spent practically 160,000 hours utilizing BlueCruise. That’s a 250% improve from 2024 and the biggest year-over-year improve of any Ford or Lincoln car.
Over 60% of BlueCruise journeys had been beneath 20 minutes, displaying that drivers probably use this characteristic for every day commutes. Longer drives additionally noticed a rise, with over 1.6 million BlueCruise journeys over an hour lengthy on controlled-access highways.
The vacation season proved to be the preferred time for utilizing BlueCruise. The Friday earlier than Thanksgiving noticed probably the most journeys taken (over 72,000). In the meantime, simply after Christmas on Saturday, Dec. 27, probably the most BlueCruise miles and hours had been pushed (over 1.2 million miles and practically 18,000 hours).
Drivers in California, Michigan, Texas, Florida, and Ohio logged probably the most BlueCruise miles in 2025.
BlueCruise utilization is anticipated to develop in 2026 as software program updates and extra car traces with the expertise debut in Europe.
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