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A U.S. federal safety regulator has “upgraded” its investigation into Ford's hands-free advanced driver assistance system known as BlueCruise — a required

Federal safety regulators are stepping up their investigation of Ford's BlueCruise hands-free technology following two fatal crashes involving all-electric

The government analysis will determine if a safety recall is necessary and could influence driver assistance features across the auto industry.

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

Investigation opened last year has been stepped-up to an engineering analysis due to concerns over Mach-Es failing to spot stationary vehicles