Cadillac Flagship, CTS Sedan To Feature V2V, Super Cruise Technologies For 2017 Model Year
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Cadillac has revealed it will begin offering Super Cruise and vehicle-to-vehicle communication technologies on the 2017 model year CTS mid-size sedan and the upcoming Omega-based full-size ‘LTS’ flagship sedan.
Super Cruise is the working name for General Motors’ new automated driving system. The technology will allow for hands-off lane following and automatic braking and speed control during highway driving. Cadillac says the system is “designed to increase the comfort of an attentive driver on freeways, both in bumper-to-bumper traffic and on long road trips.”
The tech should help the LTS flagship compete with offerings from other brands. Systems similar to Super Cruise have already been implemented on competing models, such as the Active Lane Control feature in the Infiniti Q50 and the Mercedes-Benz S-Class’ Autonomous Long-Distance Drive system. Interestingly, the LTS is set to hit Cadillac dealerships late next year as a 2016 model, meaning the tech will not be ready in time for the first year of production.
“A tide of innovation has invigorated the global auto industry, and we are taking these giant leaps forward to remain a leader of new technology,” GM CEO Mary Barra said. “We are not doing this for the sake of the technology itself. We’re doing it because it’s what customers around the world want. Through technology and innovation, we will make driving safer.”
The V2V technology will send basic safety information like as location, speed and direction of travel between vehicles approaching each other. The system will help reduce traffic collisions and could even improve traffic congestion once widely implemented.
“Advancing technology so that people can more safely live their lives is a responsibility we embrace,” Barra added.
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whether this system is better than the MB S Class
I guess this is quite innovative. The self-driving car is the thing of the future. Nevertheless I don’t yet see a strong enough business case for such a system, as most cars have quite a bit of safety tech currently available that’s sufficient for daily driving. I’ll give auto companies credit for embarking upon the development of such a system.
The business case for most automakers is that there is simply no enjoyment in driving anymore.
Commuting isn’t a pleasure for the majority of drivers. It’s an aggravating, tedious, dangerous, time consuming, wasteful, expensive, unproductive chore that needlessly adds misery and stress to a persons life.
With more people driving than ever before on increasingly congested roads, the first automaker to sell autonomous driving in a comfortable and exclusive car will win the affections and adulations of people looking for relief from the drudgery of commuting among others.
My problem is I want to drive my car not my car drive me. The laziness and lack off attention will cost people more than they know. Once Pandora’s box is open you will never get it shut.
What many fail to understand is once you give over control in many cities you will travel the way they want you to and when they want you to go. It will amount to a private small bus route. You may get home an hour later and not be able to stop by the store you want until they deem the roads clear enough to let you go where you want to go.
Just look how the air traffic system works and it will be about the same thing.
Then if the wrong person gets in control and exercises his or hers Executive Orders they could control you so much more than you will want to know. Not that anyone in Washington would abuse this.
Becareful for what you wish for as you may get more than you bargained for.
For years many different people spoke of a utopian society and how it was going to be great for everyone. The government would supply all your needs. Well they left out the wants.
I would gladly put up with some traffic daily to remain fully in control of my car to go where and when I want to go.
I know the aggravation well as I was nearly killed by a cell phone driver once. Only by the grace of god and my GM performance suspension did I miss him and almost make the corner till I hit gravel. Stability Control and anti lock brakes do not work on loose gravel in an intersection. At lest I knew what to do to miss the stop sign and land in a ditch with only minor damage. If I had hit him I would have killed him and maybe myself.
But even for his stupidity why should I give up my freedom to drive. Why don’t we take those who abuse this and put them on a bus.
They are making cars DRONES! 🙁
This is certainly NOT for someone who buys a CTS-V manual with Recaros! *rolls eyes*
Very likely no, at least not at present.
But now that I think of it, on a highway the current CTS-V is legally restricted by the speed limit, whereas an fully autonomous car might be permitted to exceed the posted speed limit and travel at much faster speeds; speeds of which 550+ hp would be needed and actually used.
I can see a two-tier system in which those with the money and need for an autonomous car will have the privilege of speed and the efficiency of operation at their disposal. Everyone else will have to do things ‘manually’ at slower speeds.
I seriously just thought of this. Suddenly, I’m not sure if there should be a tiered system of highway access and utilization.
It is bad enough we have diamond lanes now in some cities. Now you talk of a two tiered system. Great????
There are times and places to use a CTS V and it is not always about top speed but to get on a twisty road some place I find no greater pleasure than to hone the road looking for that perfect line.
I take a longer way home to avoid the traffic and to drive the winding roads through a lake district. I have three roads. One is called Green Hell that has a lot of twist and elevation changes. The next one is Monaco that passes next to the water and along a earthen damn in with s turns. Finally I finish at Laguna that has twist that you can flick the car through and ending up with some flat curves and one long bend I call Indy.
I do not put anyone at harm and it makes for a nice end to a tough day.
Traffic is life is more about the paths we choose.
The bottom line is if you love the automobile and you love to drive now is the time to resist autonomous cars.
To me autonomous cars are as dangerous as gun control. You can not be a true car person and look forward to giving up control of your vehicle.
If you want someone else in control then ride the train or bus that most cities offer.
So many here cry with passion the future loss of the V8 yet some are the same willing to give up control of the car. Puzzling.
Do not say I do not understand traffic as I have been in the worst around the country in Washington, NY and LA. But where you choose to live or work is your choice.
This is just another sign the love affair of the car is in decline.