Super Cruise Hands Free Driving

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• HOW TO USE SUPER CRUISE™
• I’m on a compatible highway; are there any other limitations on using Super Cruise?
• PRECISION MAPPING WITH LIGHT DETECTION AND RANGING
• Hundreds of thousands of additional miles of roads in the U.S. and Canada can be explored hands-free
• The update nearly doubles the number of highway miles in North America where users can drive hands-free.

To disengage Super Cruise,† take control of the steering wheel, press the Super Cruise† button again or press the brake pedal or pull the Regen on Demand paddle if equipped. With an ever-growing network, select eligible GMC vehicles can travel on over 400,000 miles of compatible roads throughout the United States and Canada, including both divided and non-divided highways. When a driver initiates a manual lane change, they need only take control of the wheel. The light bar on the steering wheel will automatically change color from green to blue. Once the maneuver is completed, the driver can remove their hands from the wheel once the vehicle is centered in the lane and the steering wheel light bar turns green. Super Cruise functionality is enabled by a data connection for real-time, precise positioning and periodic Super Cruise map updates.

HOW TO USE SUPER CRUISE™

The driver should remain attentive to traffic, surroundings and road conditions at all times. Visibility, weather and road conditions may affect feature performance. Read the vehicle Owner’s Manual for more important feature limitations and information. Available Cadillac Super Cruise offers the ease and convenience of hands-free driving on compatible highways. With 400,000 miles and counting of compatible highways in the U.S. and Canada, there are plenty of regions where attentive drivers can take advantage of Super Cruise. Additional major and minor highways are being added to GM’s Super Cruise network daily and will continue to become available to drivers through 2025.

I’m on a compatible highway; are there any other limitations on using Super Cruise?

Drivers of GM-made cars like the Cadillac Lyriq, Cadillac Escalade iQ, and GMC Hummer EV–just to name a few–will be able to use Super Cruise on 750,000 miles of highways in the United States and Canada by next year. The previous road network update, which came in 2022, had roughly 400,000 miles of compatible roads. Works with Super Cruise† to automatically detect vehicles travelling in the same direction in its path. Controls acceleration and braking to maintain a driver-selected following gap, even in stop-and-go traffic. With an attentive driver, and under the proper conditions, available Super Cruise† can permit hands-free operation of the vehicle. The technology functions with Chevrolet Connected Services† and uses real-time cameras, sensors, GPS and LiDAR map data to detect curves, helping to make long drives and commutes more comfortable.

PRECISION MAPPING WITH LIGHT DETECTION AND RANGING

Visit cadillacsupercruise.com, chevysupercruise.com, or gmc.com/connectivity-technology/super-cruise for compatible roads and full details. Automatic Lane Change and Lane Change on Demand are not available while trailering. It is important to always remember that Super Cruise is a driver assistance technology and cannot accurately detect all situations, so you should pay attention to the road ahead while Super Cruise is engaged. Super Cruise also cannot determine whether the driver is awake, asleep, impaired or properly focused on safe driving. Complete attention is always required while driving, even when using Super Cruise.

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Also, beeps will sound or the Safety Alert Seat, if equipped, will vibrate. Available Super Cruise† is the first true hands-free driving-assistance feature for compatible highways.Super Cruise utilizes advanced technologies to provide the ease and convenience of hands-free driving. Thanks to Lane Change on Demand† and Automatic Lane Change,† even changing lanes† is hands-free. If Lane Change on Demand† is engaged, you are able to prompt the system to change lanes for you. If the steering wheel light bar flashes green for too long and the system determines continued lack of attention to the road ahead, the steering wheel light bar flashes red to notify you to look at the road and steer the vehicle manually.

To cancel a Super Cruise lane change, move the turn signal lever or manually take over the steering wheel at any time. When Super Cruise is off, the light bar on your steering wheel will be off and the Super Cruise symbol on your Driver Information Center will also be off. As you can see in the images above, GM’s latest Super Cruise map covers a significantly more significant portion of roads in North America, particularly in the eastern half of the US. GM shared that 750,000 miles of hands-free routes now available are equivalent to a one-way trip from Earth to the Moon or a round trip drive from New York City to San Francisco nearly 130 times.

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Super Cruise† is not available when Teen Driver† is active. Additionally, Super Cruise† should never be used under difficult or uncertain driving conditions. Super Cruise† includes the latest map updates and an innovative Driver Attention System to monitor that you’re paying attention to the highway ahead.

When a slower vehicle is detected ahead, properly equipped vehicles will automatically initiate a turn signal, change lanes, pass the slower traffic, signal again and return to their original lane without the driver ever touching the controls. If the system detects that you may not be paying attention to the road ahead, the steering wheel light bar flashes green to prompt you to return your attention to the road. Proper conditions and an attentive driver are required in order to activate and use Super Cruise.

GM Expands Super Cruise Network to 750,000 Hands-Free Miles, Largest in North America - GM Media

GM Expands Super Cruise Network to 750,000 Hands-Free Miles, Largest in North America.

Posted: Thu, 15 Feb 2024 08:00:00 GMT [source]

The update nearly doubles the number of highway miles in North America where users can drive hands-free.

Even while using the Super Cruise driver assistance technology, drivers should always pay attention while driving and not use a hand-held device. For example, if the vehicle is traveling on a divided freeway at a set speed of 65–70 mph and is behind someone traveling 60 mph, the system’s Automatic Lane Change when enabled will look for an opening once the following gap is shortened. If a suitable opening is detected, Super Cruise will automatically initiate the turn signal and change lanes without the driver doing anything other than paying attention to the road. With an attentive driver, and under the proper conditions, Super Cruise-equipped vehicles can permit hands-free operation of the vehicle. Super Cruise† functions with OnStar® and uses real-time precise positioning cameras, sensors, GPS and LiDAR map data to detect curves, which can help make long drives and commutes comfortable and convenient.

It is important that you always stay engaged and vigilant at all times while driving. Super Cruise does not perform all aspects of driving nor do everything a driver can do. Super Cruise allows the driver to drive hands-free when compatible road driving conditions allow the feature to be available; but the driver still needs to pay close attention to the road.

If your vehicle is properly equipped, Super Cruise can recognize when you’re pulling a trailer and automatically adjust the gap to the next vehicle ahead for extra stopping distance. Lane change functionality is temporarily disabled and will not be available when you’re trailering with Super Cruise. On some vehicles, when all other driving conditions are met but your vehicle is not centered in your lane, the Super Cruise symbol will light up blue until your vehicle is centered in your lane. Super Cruise, General Motors’ advanced driver-assistance system (ADAS), is getting a big update that will almost double the number of highway miles where owners of compatible cars can activate the feature. In order to use Super Cruise™, first press the Adaptive Cruise Control† button on the steering wheel to turn on Adaptive Cruise Control. The Adaptive Cruise Control symbol will illuminate in white on the instrument cluster.

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. A message appears on the DIC during the lane change to provide more information on the status of the lane change.

We expect this to excite Super Cruise customers, particularly those with compatible trailers who camp, boat, and use recreational vehicles. 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. This new mileage expansion importantly adds many new minor highways, which helps connect rural towns and roads, in addition to even more major highways. What's more, the update doesn't just include mileage, but also vehicles. The 2024 Chevy Traverse and GMC Acadia now get Super Cruise as well, joining cars like the Chevy Tahoe, Blazer EV, Cadillac Escalade, and now even the Cadillac CT5-V Blackwing.

Super Cruise† is designed to drive in the true centre of the lane (+/- 4 inches or 10 cm). This may be different from where each individual normally drives and may give some drivers the feeling that they are too far to one side. In addition, in the Bolt EUV, Super Cruise† does not move to one side of the lane when passing traffic. Available on select Chevrolet vehicles in Canada and the U.S.