F-150 Owners Blew Past 118 Million Miles Without Touching The Wheel

New data released by Ford offers an interesting look at the growing number of customers using the company’s BlueCruise hands-free highway driving assistant, revealing just how important advanced tech like this is becoming. More vehicles than ever are equipped with BlueCruise, and drivers are turning it on more often, too.

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According to Ford, 1.22 million vehicles worldwide are now equipped with BlueCruise technology, marking an 80 percent increase over the number on the road in 2024. In the U.S., the system is available on the Explorer, Expedition, F-150, F-150 Lightning, Mustang Mach-E, and every current Lincoln model.

More Trips, More Miles, More Hours

Collectively, Ford owners logged 3.8 million hours using BlueCruise last year, reflecting an 87 percent increase from the year before. Across 18 million trips in the U.S., up 48 percent from 2024, drivers covered 264 million miles with BlueCruise engaged. For context, that’s the equivalent of making over 94,000 cross-country runs between New York and Los Angeles.

The company’s advanced driving assistance systems have proven especially popular among F-150 owners who last year spent 1.6 million hours using them, covering 118 million miles.

Trailing the F-150 as the vehicle with the second most BlueCruise usage was the Mustang Mach-E, racking up 50 million miles and 770,000 hours of use, while the F-150 Lightning was third with 32 million miles and 486,000 hours.

California Takes the Lead

Perhaps unsurprisingly, Californian Ford owners use BlueCruise the most. Drivers there tallied 23 million miles with BlueCruise last year, a 51 percent increase from 2024, spending more than 370,000 hours with the system active.

That puts the state ahead of Michigan, Texas, Florida, and Ohio in total usage. Notably, over 60 percent of all BlueCruise-enabled trips nationwide were under 20 minutes, pointing to frequent short-distance use rather than exclusively long hauls.

The single busiest day for BlueCruise last year was December 27, with 18,000 hours logged and 1.2 million miles covered in just 24 hours.

BlueCruise 1.5

Ford plans to expand BlueCruise availability even further in 2026, not just through wider distribution but with meaningful upgrades to the system itself. Four more models in Europe will gain access to the feature, and the company is also preparing to roll out BlueCruise 1.5.

This updated version will include an Automatic Lane Change function and is set to launch first on the 2026 Ford Explorer, Lincoln Aviator, and Lincoln Nautilus