At the center of the inquiry are two crashes that resulted in fatalities, both occurring at night and involving Mach-Es traveling at freeway speeds with BlueCruise engaged. In these cases, the system failed to detect stationary vehicles, leading to deadly collisions.

The Mustang Mach-E announced at the end of 2019 for European sales beginning in late 2020 was Ford’s first ground-up all-electric car. It was also the first SUV to bear the Mustang name. That was controversial.

It seemed only appropriate to take a Mustang Mach-E on a road trip to the Detroit Auto Show.After all, Ford was the only game in town when it came to pre-show news: it debuted a special edition of a special edition Mustang,

Preliminary findings show that Ford's BlueCruise hands-free driver assistance feature fails to detect stopped objects at night at freeway speeds.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has intensified its investigation into Ford’s BlueCruise hands-free driving technology by upgrading the inquiry to an engineering analysis. This decision follows two fatal crashes involving Ford Mustang Mach E vehicles equipped with BlueCruise,