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Ford developing driving assists for the future
Posted on 27 Jun 20128,674 Views Comments
New driving technologies will make driving safer and stress free
Ford is developing new driving assist technologies which it will introduce in its future models. These technologies are being developed as part of Ford’s ‘Blueprint for Mobility’ strategy, which aims to find solutions as cities and roads become more crowded.
“Developing these technologies is part of the first step in a journey towards a more connected future,” said Paul Mascarenas, Ford’s chief technical officer and vice president, Research and Innovation. “It’s an undertaking we believe will save time, conserve resources, lower emissions and improve safety.”
The first technology is called the TrafficJam Assist; it uses technology from features already available in many Ford cars sold in the international market including Active Park Assist, Adaptive Cruise Control, Lane Keeping Aid, and Ford’s Powershift transmission. The TrafficJam Assist automatically keeps pace with other vehicles and provides automated steering control to stay in lane, for which it uses on-board cameras and radars. This will let vehicles move smoothly, which could potentially reduce jam like situations and at the same time reduce driver stress. The technology could be introduced in Ford’s cars around 2017-2025.
Ford is also working on enhancing the role of the current Active Park Assist system found on many of its cars. The Active Park Assist’s role will evolve from assisting the driver in parallel parking without touching the steering wheel, to offer perpendicular parking in the same manner. It uses ultrasonic sensors to identify suitable parking spaces; the system will calculate the parking spaces based on width rather than length, and then steer the vehicle into them using Ford’s Electronic Power Assisted Steering system.
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