DETROIT – Being a leader in hands-free driving can’t happen by standing still, and winning over more happy customers means expanding access to technology through both features — like available trailering — and drivable roads.
GM officials say the automaker has made “extraordinary progress” on that commitment and is adding an additional group of highways to its flagship hands-free technology Super Cruise, bringing the total to about 750,000 miles (1.2 million kilometers) of compatible roads across the U.S. and Canada.
Safely deploying and expanding access to advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS), like Super Cruise, is an important step in gaining consumer trust and excitement around the future of transportation.
For perspective, 750,000 miles is like traveling one way from Earth to the Moon three times or taking a coast-to-coast road trip from New York City to San Francisco and back nearly 130 times.
This new batch of compatible roads makes Super Cruise the largest truly hands-free operating domain in North America — nearly six times the coverage of other hands-free driver assistance technologies on the market today.
“GM is all-in on safely deploying Super Cruise as we make the technology available on more vehicles, more roads and for more people to enjoy,” said Anantha Kancheria, GM vice president of ADAS. “A key part of that is expanding the road network — in this case nearly doubling it again — with LiDAR mapped highways. High precision LiDAR mapping gives us an operating domain where we are confident in Super Cruise’s abilities.”
Super Cruise launched in 2017 as the industry’s first true hands-free ADAS on the market. GM has incrementally expanded its Super Cruise network, most recently to 400,000 miles (640,000 kilometers), to include major Canadian, U.S. and state highways. Today’s expansion adds minor highways that typically connect smaller cities and townships.
Super Cruise Fast Facts
- Growing to about 750,000 miles of compatible roads across the U.S. and Canada, including divided highways, major and minor highways.
- Over 80% of surveyed owners with Super Cruise have said it makes driving more relaxing, and it’s the second most important reason for choosing a vehicle.
- The industry’s first — and largest — truly hands-free ADAS on the market, and the only to offer trailering capability.
- More than 160 million miles (257 million kilometers) have been driven accident-free with Super Cruise.
- New or enhanced features and capabilities since Super Cruise’s launch include:
- Lane Change on Demand
- Automatic Lane Change
- Enhanced Navigation
- Industry-First, and only, Hands-Free Trailering
- Collaborative Steering
- Enhanced Driver Requested Offset
- Improved Curve Handling
