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Ford’s Upcoming $30,000 Mid-Size Electric Truck Will Guide Itself on Native Apple Maps
The software will add EV routing, real-time traffic and battery preconditioning, while feeding road-level data to Ford’s BlueCruise system.
- On Thursday, Ford and Apple announced Apple Maps will be directly integrated into Ford's upcoming Universal Electric Vehicle platform, making Ford Apple's first automotive partner.
- Ford is developing the Universal Electric Vehicle Platform to underpin a midsize electric pickup that CEO Jim Farley confirmed will be priced around $30,000, eventually supporting SUVs and commercial vans.
- Unlike Apple CarPlay, the new MapKit for Automotive SDK runs natively in the vehicle to provide EV routing, charging station search, and battery preconditioning integrated directly into Ford's display.
- Ford's Latitude AI is using 'road-level information' from Apple Maps to advance BlueCruise, aiming to 'deliver a more seamless on-ramp-to-off-ramp experience,' the company said.
- Ford targets eyes-off driving by 2028, planning to evolve toward 'point-to-point autonomy' similar to Tesla's Full Self-Driving software as it refines autonomous capabilities.
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Ford’s Upcoming $30,000 Mid-Size Electric Truck Will Guide Itself on Native Apple Maps
Confident that Apple Maps delivers the best map experience in the world, American carmaker Ford announced another major tie-up with the technology giant that will see this particular solution being included directly in the upcoming Universal Electric Vehicle (UEV). While the conviction about (continue reading...)
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