Ford Motor Co said on Thursday that it will offer hands-free driving on its new Mustang Mach-E fall 2021, six years after Tesla Inc and four years after General Motors Co introduced similar systems.
The system, called Active Drive Assist, will be offered on several Ford models, most notably the Mustang Mach-E, an all-electric crossover vehicle that goes on sale later this year and is targeted at the Tesla Model Y arket.
Ford said US buyers can order the Mustang Mach-E this fall with the Active Driver Assist hardware package, which includes extra radar sensors and a driver-facing camera, but the software won’t be ready until fall 2021.
Tesla introduced its first semi-automated hands-free driver assist package, called Autopilot in 2015. GM followed two years later with a similar semi-automated feature called Super Cruise on the Cadillac CT6.
