Goodbye, BlueCruise! We Install a comma four in Our F-150 Lightning
From Transport Evolved.
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Disclaimer - comma.ai provided two comma four units free of charge for us to evaluate: one for Orion, our 2017 Chevrolet Bolt EV (covered in our previous video), and the one in this video, for Ortegas, our 2023 F-150 Lightning Lariat, along with its Ford Q4 car harness. They had no editorial input, and we're not being paid for this review. YouTube labels this video "Sponsored" because FTC rules require us to disclose the material connection — no money changed hands. The comma link below is a tracking link only — we earn nothing if you buy.
comma four, openpilot and StarPilot are driver-assistance systems, not self-driving: you must stay alert, hands ready, and responsible for the vehicle at all times. The setup in this video only works on 2022 and 2023 F-150 Lightnings.
Ford wants $495 a year for BlueCruise, its hands-free driver assistance, once the free years run out (or $2,495 up front, tied to that one truck). For about two years of that, plus one very wet afternoon, you can fit a comma four instead, and own it outright. So in this video, BlueCruise lets comma four take the wheel.
comma sent Transport Evolved two comma four units: the first went into Orion, Nikki's wife's 2017 Chevrolet Bolt EV, and the second goes into Ortegas, Nikki's 2023 F-150 Lightning Lariat. In pouring rain (and with a drowned microphone), Nikki fits a Lightning dock with the extra resistors the truck's CAN bus needs, moves the dash cam out of the way, routes the cable down the A-pillar, and wrestles the Ford Q4 harness onto the IPMA module tucked up high in the driver's footwell. Then it's out on the road with StarPilot to see how it compares with BlueCruise, why owning your own data matters, and how the StarPilot team added a rear fog light telltale to the comma four's screen in about an hour.
Full shownotes, links, and transcript at: https://www.transportevolved.com/2026/11/12/goodbye-bluecruise-we-install-a-comma-four-in-our-f-150-lightning/
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*⏱️ Chapter Breakdown*:
00:00 - Introduction
03:16 - Disclaimer
04:52 - The Lightning dock
06:36 - Only 2022 and 2023 Lightnings
07:07 - Moving the FITCAMX
07:59 - Routing the cable
10:37 - The Ford Q4 harness and the IPMA module
13:46 - Checking for errors
14:31 - On the road: StarPilot vs BlueCruise
17:43 - comma four as a dash cam
19:19 - Why not just pay for BlueCruise?
20:51 - StarPilot on the Lightning
22:55 - A custom feature, in an hour
24:45 - Closing thoughts
26:20 - Thanks, and goodbye!
🚗 More comma, and more Ortegas:
▶️ We Upgrade Our comma three to a comma four: Is It Worth It? - https://youtu.be/KX48coXznVw
▶️ Front AND Rear Fog Lights on Our F-150 Lightning? It's Possible! - https://youtu.be/ut6HaIGSsbI
▶️ The F150 Lightning Doesn't Have Fog Lights. We're Going To Add Them (Part 1) - https://youtu.be/hwPNv4bagZM
*🔗 Links*
🔗 comma four (comma.ai) - https://comma.ai/?utm_source=transportevolved&utm_medium=creator&utm_campaign=marketing&utm_content=youtube
🔗 StarPilot (the community openpilot fork we run, with F-150 Lightning support) - https://github.com/StarPilotHQ/StarPilot
🔗 BluePilot (Ford-focused openpilot fork, based on sunnypilot) - https://github.com/BluePilotDev/bluepilot
🔗 sunnypilot (community openpilot fork) - https://github.com/sunnypilot/sunnypilot
🔗 BluePilot sliding dock for comma four (with integrated Lightning coupler) - https://bluepilot.dev/dock-order-page/
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*🎙️ Credits:*
Presenter: Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield
Camera: Vi Horton
Editing & Color: Vi Horton
Art & Animation: Erin Carlie
Producer: Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield
Music: "Velvet Sky" by Ariel Shalom, via Artlist.io - https://artlist.io
Music: "Got It" (Instrumental Version) by VESHZA, via Artlist.io - https://artlist.io/royalty-free-music/song/got-it-instrumental-version/11284
comma four, openpilot and StarPilot are driver-assistance systems, not self-driving: you must stay alert, hands ready, and responsible for the vehicle at all times. The setup in this video only works on 2022 and 2023 F-150 Lightnings.
Ford wants $495 a year for BlueCruise, its hands-free driver assistance, once the free years run out (or $2,495 up front, tied to that one truck). For about two years of that, plus one very wet afternoon, you can fit a comma four instead, and own it outright. So in this video, BlueCruise lets comma four take the wheel.
comma sent Transport Evolved two comma four units: the first went into Orion, Nikki's wife's 2017 Chevrolet Bolt EV, and the second goes into Ortegas, Nikki's 2023 F-150 Lightning Lariat. In pouring rain (and with a drowned microphone), Nikki fits a Lightning dock with the extra resistors the truck's CAN bus needs, moves the dash cam out of the way, routes the cable down the A-pillar, and wrestles the Ford Q4 harness onto the IPMA module tucked up high in the driver's footwell. Then it's out on the road with StarPilot to see how it compares with BlueCruise, why owning your own data matters, and how the StarPilot team added a rear fog light telltale to the comma four's screen in about an hour.
Full shownotes, links, and transcript at: https://www.transportevolved.com/2026/11/12/goodbye-bluecruise-we-install-a-comma-four-in-our-f-150-lightning/
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*⏱️ Chapter Breakdown*:
00:00 - Introduction
03:16 - Disclaimer
04:52 - The Lightning dock
06:36 - Only 2022 and 2023 Lightnings
07:07 - Moving the FITCAMX
07:59 - Routing the cable
10:37 - The Ford Q4 harness and the IPMA module
13:46 - Checking for errors
14:31 - On the road: StarPilot vs BlueCruise
17:43 - comma four as a dash cam
19:19 - Why not just pay for BlueCruise?
20:51 - StarPilot on the Lightning
22:55 - A custom feature, in an hour
24:45 - Closing thoughts
26:20 - Thanks, and goodbye!
🚗 More comma, and more Ortegas:
▶️ We Upgrade Our comma three to a comma four: Is It Worth It? - https://youtu.be/KX48coXznVw
▶️ Front AND Rear Fog Lights on Our F-150 Lightning? It's Possible! - https://youtu.be/ut6HaIGSsbI
▶️ The F150 Lightning Doesn't Have Fog Lights. We're Going To Add Them (Part 1) - https://youtu.be/hwPNv4bagZM
*🔗 Links*
🔗 comma four (comma.ai) - https://comma.ai/?utm_source=transportevolved&utm_medium=creator&utm_campaign=marketing&utm_content=youtube
🔗 StarPilot (the community openpilot fork we run, with F-150 Lightning support) - https://github.com/StarPilotHQ/StarPilot
🔗 BluePilot (Ford-focused openpilot fork, based on sunnypilot) - https://github.com/BluePilotDev/bluepilot
🔗 sunnypilot (community openpilot fork) - https://github.com/sunnypilot/sunnypilot
🔗 BluePilot sliding dock for comma four (with integrated Lightning coupler) - https://bluepilot.dev/dock-order-page/
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🌱 Electric Vehicle Association - https://www.myeva.org
🐕 Little Collie Shepherd - https://littlecollie.com
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*🎙️ Credits:*
Presenter: Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield
Camera: Vi Horton
Editing & Color: Vi Horton
Art & Animation: Erin Carlie
Producer: Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield
Music: "Velvet Sky" by Ariel Shalom, via Artlist.io - https://artlist.io
Music: "Got It" (Instrumental Version) by VESHZA, via Artlist.io - https://artlist.io/royalty-free-music/song/got-it-instrumental-version/11284
