Super Cruise is a driving assistance system introduced by GM in 2017. It uses adaptive cruise control technology and connected car services to navigate map data with the support of the vehicle's on-board cameras and sensors.
In this way, cars with Super Cruise technology can control their own acceleration, braking and automatic lane changes while driving on certain roads. GM says its vehicles have now travelled more than 160 million miles (about 257.5 million kilometres) using Super Cruise without incident.
The original Super Cruise coverage map was relatively small. However, GM continues to grow the list of roads in the U.S. and Canada where you can drive without touching the steering wheel. Enabled vehicles receive all necessary software updates over-the-air (OTA).
In August 2022, GM expanded its Super Cruise map to approximately 400,000 miles (643,700 kilometres) across North America. But today, the company announced that its network has grown again, nearly doubling in size.
The current Super Cruise map covers a much larger portion of North American roads, especially in the eastern half of the United States. GM said the total length of available routes is equivalent to a one-way trip from Earth to the moon or a round trip from New York to San Francisco nearly 130 times.
Source: GM
