Ford's outfitted the Fusion Energi with a dizzying array of driver-assist tech, including a lane-keeping system, adaptive cruise control, driver alert system, active park assist, rear camera, blind-spot indicator system with cross-traffic alert and pull-drift compensation (phew).

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When the system recognises that a lane departure is imminent, it bleeps or flashes to alert the driver.

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Cars on the roads can already park themselves, brake automatically and alert a driver if they are slipping out of a lane.

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The actuators combined with signal information from the sensors can alert the driver to potential dangers, and help with things like parking or staying within highway lane markings.

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Blind-spot warning systems alert a driver to the otherwise unseen presence of other cars to the side and rear of the vehicle on the highway, and some do the same for cross traffic when backing out of a garage or parking space.

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With help from signals from roadside markers and traffic lights, in-car computers will be able to determine if a car should slam on the brakes, alert the driver to a passing vehicle in the blind spot or slow for a red light up ahead that another driver isn't heeding.

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The Driver Awareness package, available on the ATS, the XTS and the SRX, includes Forward Collision Alert, Lane Departure Warning, Side Blind Zone Alert and Rear Cross Traffic Alert.

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