General Motors is accelerating its autonomous vehicle technology efforts, expanding the availability of the semi-autonomous GM Super Cruise system across multiple nameplates. Now, The General is flexing its autonomous tech muscle with a brief video showcasing a hands-free Super Cruise caravan.
The video is less than a minute long and shows the caravan traveling down the Bay Bridge between San Francisco and Oakland. General Motors frames it as the “largest hands-free caravan in history.”
“GM initially launched Super Cruise in 2017 as the industry’s first true hands-free advanced driver assistance system. It’s now available on 20 vehicles – the widest selection in the market – while our closest competitors offer nine or fewer hands-free models,” the automaker states. “Plus, GM’s Super Cruise is the only technology that provides hands-free towing capabilities.”
In the video we see a long line of General Motors vehicles traveling across the California bridge, each perfectly spaced out and tracking straight down the lane. The caravan includes:
Check out the full video for yourself right here:
For those readers who may be unaware, Super Cruise allows drivers to remove their hands from the steering wheel during extended periods of highway driving. Super Cruise is considered to be a Level 2 automated system, which means the driver must remain engaged and ready to resume control of the vehicle, whereas a Level 5 system would be considered “fully automated” and require no driver intervention whatsoever.
General Motors added an additional 350,000 miles of Super Cruise coverage in February, nearly doubling the system coverage in North America. The General expects 15 percent of its new vehicle fleet will be equipped with the Super Cruise system next year.
Comments
Multiple menaces, keep them in Kalifornia.
Absolutely love Super Cruise on my Lyriq. The Automatic Lane Change and Lane Change on demand or outstanding. It is a safer way to drive both long distance and suburban stop and go expressways. Hope GM puts it on Corvette C8 for long distance touring. Then just turn it off for spirited hill country driving
How exciting. I bet this video goes viral 🙄
Was there a “generator” in the trailer to keep the truck going?
General Motors frames it as the “largest hands-free caravan in history.”
Why is there no mention of how many vehicles were in the caravan? Only the number of models was cited. Interesting omission.
Sorry, I just don’t get the appeal.