Ford's autonomous driving tech won't come as standard on all of the vehicles that support it, but you won't have to fork over nearly as much as you would for Tesla's Full Self-Driving option. Active Drive Assist will debut in the 2021 F-150 pickup and electric Mustang Mach-E, both of which are set to be available by the end of the year. The automaker is planning to roll out Active Drive Assist in the third quarter of 2021. The tech will allow you to operate a vehicle hands-free on more than 100,000 miles of highways in the US and Canada. It will have an interior camera that tracks your head movement and eye gaze to make sure you're paying attention to the road.

The all-new Ford F-150 is loaded with new features, including hybrid power, built-in generators and sleeper seats. Ford is speeding up and expanding the deployment of its upcoming hands-free Active Driver Assist feature and expects to have 100,000 cars and trucks with the highway driving aid on the road by the end of next year. The system, which is similar to GM's Super Cruise, uses hyper-accurate maps, GPS, cameras and sensors to steer a car precisely in the center of a lane and control its speed in traffic as facial recognition technology ensures that the driver keeps their eyes on the road and ready to take control in an emergency. Ford said it works on over 100,000 miles of roads and additional highways and functionality will be added in the coming years. The cloud-connected feature won't be functional until the second half of 2021, but Ford F-150s and Mustang Mach-Es being delivered this year will be available with the hardware needed to make it work after an over-the-air update is sent out.

Ford is pitching the battery-powered Mustang Mach-E as a driver's car worthy of the Mustang name, but it can do the steering for you, at least some of the time. The electric utility vehicle is set to be the first Ford that offers its new Active Drive Assist feature. It's an add-on to Ford's latest CoPilot360 2.0 driver-aid suite that uses cameras, radar and GPS to control the car as the driver removes their hands from the wheel. Ford says it works on over 100,000 miles of well-mapped, divided highways, while a facial-recognition system makes sure they keep their eyes on the road as it steers the vehicle within a lane and controls its speed without running into any cars ahead. It's similar to Cadillac's Super Cruise, which was launched in 2017 and can now be used on over 200,000 miles of highways.