At the center of the inquiry are two crashes that resulted in fatalities, both occurring at night and involving Mach-Es traveling at freeway speeds with BlueCruise engaged. In these cases, the system failed to detect stationary vehicles, leading to deadly collisions.

The government analysis will determine if a safety recall is necessary and could influence driver assistance features across the auto industry.

Investigation opened last year has been stepped-up to an engineering analysis due to concerns over Mach-Es failing to spot stationary vehicles

It seemed only appropriate to take a Mustang Mach-E on a road trip to the Detroit Auto Show.After all, Ford was the only game in town when it came to pre-show news: it debuted a special edition of a special edition Mustang,