DETROIT—General Motors said its Super Cruise driver assistance system has surpassed 1 billion hands-free miles, marking a milestone in the company’s progress toward autonomous driving technology.
The system is now deployed across approximately 750,000 vehicles spanning 23 models in North America, generating large volumes of operational data used to refine performance and support future automated capabilities.
“This 1 billion miles driven hands-free by our customers is just the start,” said Rashed Haq, vice president of vehicle autonomy. “Super Cruise is the cornerstone of GM’s autonomous roadmap, from today’s hands-free features to eyes-off, starting with the Escalade IQ in 2028. That, combined with more than a century of manufacturing expertise, puts GM at the forefront to bring automated driving to millions of retail customers at all price points.”
GM said customer usage continues to grow, with drivers logging millions of hours annually and regularly engaging the system during everyday trips. In the past 12 months, customers used Super Cruise for 7.1 million hours across 28.7 million trips, including nearly half a billion miles driven with the system engaged. On average, drivers spend about 24 minutes hands-free per trip, with more than half of users engaging the technology weekly and nearly 85 percent using it at least once a month.
The milestone supports GM’s broader roadmap toward more advanced autonomy, including planned “eyes-off” driving capabilities expected later this decade. The company is also conducting supervised testing of next-generation systems on public roads using development vehicles equipped with trained safety drivers.
The system has been exposed to a wide range of operating conditions, including different geographies, weather patterns and traffic scenarios, creating a continuous feedback loop that helps refine performance over time. GM said its next-generation technology, trained in simulation and validated with real-world data, recently entered supervised public-road testing with more than 200 development vehicles.
Beyond vehicle performance, the data generated through Super Cruise is being used to inform software development, validation and system design, reflecting a growing reliance on large-scale usage to improve automated technologies.
GM said the continued expansion of its hands-free driving platform will play a central role in its long-term strategy to scale autonomous features across multiple vehicle segments and price points.
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