General Motors (GM) says that its “Super Cruise” network of driver assistance-enabled roads and highways will soon include three-quarters of a million miles across North America.
The automaker announced in February that it plans to equip a new collection of highways this year and next with precision LiDAR mapping, which would allow drivers of Super Cruise-enabled GM vehicles to operate essentially hands-free in those areas. The newly announced expansion — which primarily adds smaller highways between small cities and towns — would bring the entire network to more than 750,000 miles of roadway in the U.S. and Canada.
GM first launched Super Cruise in 2017. The company’s previous update on the network, in the summer of 2022, outlined plans to expand it to 400,000 miles. The newly added roads make Super Cruise — already the most extensive network of its kind — almost six times larger than comparable networks.
The company noted that it has also added more features to the system since its debut, along with additional vehicles and highways. Super Cruise now offers improved curve handling, lane changing, and collaborative steering, along with the industry’s first hands-free trailering technology. Officials said the newest expansion could particularly appeal to drivers utilizing the trailering system, who would be more likely to use smaller and more rural roadways. Officials said the newest expansion could particularly appeal to drivers utilizing the trailering system, who would be more likely to use smaller and more rural roadways.
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