Ford to add the Alexa voice assistant to its new cars

Michigan-based company Ford’s newest cars including the upcoming electric ‘F-150 Lightning’ pickup and first electric ‘Mustang Mach-E’ will feature Amazon’s Alexa digital assistant.

According to Mashable, Ford on Thursday announced that Amazon’s Alexa digital assistant would be built into future Ford cars. It will be available in all cars, not just those with premium packages. The first three years of the voice system will be free.

By the end of this year, the company expects to have Alexa available in at least 700,000 cars in the US and Canada. Eventually millions of Ford vehicles will come with it as a standard feature.