GM doubles Super Cruise hands-free map in North America

General Motors (GM) has as soon as once more expanded its maps of routes that allow Tremendous Cruise hands-free driving in North America. The American automaker now operates the biggest hands-free driving community now that it has practically doubled the mileage of obtainable routes on the continent.

Tremendous Cruise is a hands-free driver help characteristic launched to the GM household of autos in 2017. It makes use of adaptive cruise management expertise and car-connected providers to navigate LiDAR-enabled map knowledge utilizing real-time positioning, cameras, and sensors.

The result’s an EV that may management its personal acceleration, braking, and automatic lane modifications whereas driving on appropriate roads. GM states its autos have pushed over 160 million miles with Tremendous Cruise engaged up to now, with zero accidents.

Whereas the unique Tremendous Cruise map began comparatively small, GM has continued to bolster the scale of its community within the US and Canada because it expands the hands-free driving capabilities to 22 completely different fashions by way of over-the-air (OTA) updates.

In August of 2022, we noticed GM develop its Tremendous Cruise map to about 400,000 miles across North America, however as we speak, it has introduced its community has grown once more, practically doubling in measurement. Take a look on the comparability picture under.

GM expands Tremendous Cruise map to 750,000 miles

As you possibly can see within the photographs above, GM’s newest Tremendous Cruise map covers a considerably extra good portion of roads in North America, notably within the japanese half of the US. GM shared that 750,000 miles of hands-free routes now obtainable are equal to a one-way journey from Earth to the Moon or a spherical journey drive from New York Metropolis to San Francisco practically 130 occasions.

Following the growth, GM is hailing its Tremendous Cruise community as the biggest really hands-free map within the business. It’s also the one one providing trailing capabilities utilizing the ADAS characteristic. GM Vice President of ADAS Anantha Kancherla spoke to the community’s newest milestone:

GM is all-in on safely deploying Tremendous Cruise as we make the expertise obtainable on extra autos, extra roads and for extra individuals to get pleasure from. A key a part of that’s increasing the street community — on this case practically doubling it once more — with LiDAR mapped highways.  Excessive precision LiDAR mapping offers us an working area the place we’re assured in Tremendous Cruise’s talents.

Further main and minor highways are being added to GM’s Tremendous Cruise community every day and can proceed to change into obtainable to drivers by means of 2025. Most Tremendous Cruise-equipped EVs will obtain the growth, other than the Chevy Bolt EUV.