- GM plans to expand its hands-free driving system Super Cruise greatly.
- This aims to make Super Cruise more attractive versus rival systems from Tesla and Ford.
- But new rural and trailering features will initially be limited to 2024 GM vehicle models.
GM announced plans to expand its advanced driver assistance system Super Cruise to around 750,000 miles of rural roads and highways in the US and Canada by 2025.
This will nearly double the current coverage network for drivers to activate hands-free automated acceleration, braking, steering, and lane changes.
Aiming for the system to be more attractive
Up until now, Super Cruise was largely restricted to divided highways and only 15 GM models, limiting its competitiveness versus rival offerings from Tesla and Ford.
But with wider accessibility on rural connector roads between towns plus trailer towing functions, GM aims to make the system more attractive to customers beyond cities.
Features will be limited in 2024
Launched in 2017 as the first hands-free ADAS, Super Cruise adoption has since accelerated across GM brands like Chevy, Cadillac, and Hummer EV.
The automaker says newly announced rural coverage and trailering features will be limited to upcoming 2024 vehicle model years rather than prior versions, however.
GM has taken a slow pace on expanding Super Cruise compared to Tesla’s ubiquity with Autopilot. But doubling road network reach in the next two years signals a strategy shift towards making its hands-free driver assistance technology more available and mainstream.
