Ford Mustang Mach-E Using BlueCruise at Time of Crash: NTSB

Re:Ford Mustang Mach-E Using BlueCruise at Time of Crash: NTSB by tyfon on Sunday April 14, 2024 @03:47AM (#40029435)

I got in a situation like this in my model x a couple years ago. I was going 125 km/h using autopilot on the highway towards Sweden in quite dense traffic and a car two cars ahead of me crashed.

When I hit the brake, it was already max engaged by the car, probably .5 seconds ahead of me.

I managed to stop, but the car behind me had to steer into the side to avoid hitting me in the rear.

I figured it that day that a proper emergency brake system in the car is worth the money!

Edit: I always drive with the max distance to the next car when on autopilot.

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Re:Ford Mustang Mach-E Using BlueCruise at Time of Crash: NTSB by jnsaff2 on Sunday April 14, 2024 @03:56AM (#40029475)

> I always drive with the max distance to the next car when on autopilot.

This. Also the Tesla Model 3 max-distance setting is really not big enough for my taste, especially for winter driving. I have a feeling that it does not even satisfy the legal requirement of 1,5 seconds we have here.

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Re:Ford Mustang Mach-E Using BlueCruise at Time of Crash: NTSB by kwhitefoot on Sunday April 14, 2024 @04:12AM (#40029548)

That's odd. I've roughly checked my Model S and the maximum separation seems to correspond to the recommended 3 seconds.

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Re:Ford Mustang Mach-E Using BlueCruise at Time of Crash: NTSB by tyfon on Sunday April 14, 2024 @04:27AM (#40029612)

I agree, I have both a 3 and X and the max distance on the 3 is a bit shorter for some reason. I'd like an even longer setting on both cars.

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