General Motors has again expanded the maps of routes that enable Super Cruise hands-free driving in North America. Now operating the largest hands-free driving network in America, the automaker has significantly expanded its route offerings by nearly doubling the available mileage across the continent.
The Tremendous Cruise autonomous driving feature was introduced to General Motors’ portfolio of vehicles in 2017, offering a hands-free driving assistance system. The technology leverages advanced adaptive cruise control capabilities, integrating with vehicle-linked services to efficiently utilize LiDAR-enriched mapping data through real-time positioning, camera, and sensor inputs.
The vehicle’s advanced electronics enable autonomous control of acceleration, braking, and adaptive lane adjustments, allowing for seamless driving experiences on compatible roads. General Motors reports that its vehicles equipped with SuperCruise have accumulated more than 160 million miles without a single accident while the semi-autonomous driving technology was in use.
As General Motors’ innovative Tremendous Cruise technology started modestly, the company has since amplified its presence in the US and Canada by expanding hands-free driving capabilities across 22 distinct vehicle models via seamless over-the-air updates?
In August 2022, General Motors announced a significant expansion of its Super Cruise mapping network across North America, initially covering around 400,000 miles. As of now, the company has witnessed another surge in growth, with its community nearly doubling in size since then. The comparability of this picture below seems to need clarification?
General Motors significantly enhances its comprehensive global mapping system for autonomous vehicles, extending the Tremendous Cruise route coverage to an impressive 750,000 miles?
As evident from the accompanying photographs, General Motors’ latest Super Cruise mapping system now encompasses a significantly broader range of roads across North America, particularly in the eastern United States. General Motors announces that 750,000 miles of hands-free routes are now available, equivalent to a one-way trip to the moon or a round-trip drive from New York City to San Francisco nearly 130 times.
After its expansion, General Motors is touting its Super Cruise technology as the industry’s largest and most comprehensive hands-free driving mapping system. It’s also the one that provides trailing capabilities by leveraging the advanced driver-assistance system (ADAS) feature. As GM’s Vice President of Autonomous and Semi-Autonomous Driving Systems, Anantha Kancherla addressed the company’s latest milestone in a recent community update.
General Motors is fully committed to safely introducing its autonomous technology, Tremendous Cruise, across a broader range of vehicles, infrastructure, and communities for widespread public enjoyment. The expansion of General Motor’s Street Fleet program, which has nearly doubled since the integration of LiDAR-mapped highways, is largely attributed to the exceptional precision provided by this technology. The thorough mapping capabilities ensure a safe and reliable working environment for the autonomous vehicles in the SuperCruise fleet.
Further expansion is underway for GM’s vast network of autonomous vehicle routes, with new major and minor highways joining the system daily, slated for public release by 2025. All Tremendous Cruise-equipped electric vehicles (EVs), except for the Chevrolet Bolt EUV, will receive the software update.
