Blue Oval’s engineers traveled over 500,000 miles during technology development testing and fine-tuning the technology on a journey across the United States and Canada. That culminated with what Ford internals called the “Mother of All Road Trips”, a 110,000-mile trek through 37 states and five Canadian provinces.

“There are highway intricacies and driving conditions that you simply cannot replicate in a lab,” said Hau Thai-Tang, Ford chief product platform and operations officer. “Sending these vehicles out for real-world driving experience is just one of many ways we ensured that BlueCruise technology offers confidence and convenience for drivers all across the continent.”