This is what they hope for, but you have to have the right sensors collecting the right data and you have to have a platform that will communicate well. Have you ventured over to the 200+ page forum of the guys updating their own 2021 trucks because Ford bricked them and has taken over a year to get even close to maybe having a fix out. Yeah - that same tech is what we will be driving. I know what it means to have a car that collects data and does updates to the mothership.
Having driven a variety of IRS and solid rear axle/leaf spring vehicles over the years…You should see an improvement in ride quality with IRS, obviously at the rear. It’s particularly noticeable when you take an IRS vehicle over washboard roads and similar repetitive surfaces, they handle it noticeably more smoothly. The trade off is IRS has less articulation, so you’re more likely to cock a wheel up if you take the truck on a really uneven surface. Also, some heavy IRS vehicles I’ve driven seem to bottom out a tad easier onto the bump stops on large bumps, but that hasn’t been a universal experience for me.
Just about every Ford has some sort of built-in mobile data connection, so Big Brother is collecting all sorts of data every day. They tend to push OTA updates out in waves so they can monitor the results on smaller batches before rolling them out to the masses. I tend to want the newest stuff right away and often wish I got updates on my Mach-e sooner than later.
@frautumn - Looks like we ordered the same '22 Lightning right down the color and battery.
