General Motors Reaches 1 Billion Miles With Its Super Cruise

With Super Cruise, General Motors has accomplished a remarkable feat. One billion miles of hands-free driving have been accomplished by the safety technology that was introduced almost ten years ago—that’s a lot of miles!

The carmaker claims that during the past year, 28.7 million Super Cruise excursions have been taken by GM consumers. In North America, Super Cruise is available in about 750,000 cars of 23 different models.

Super Cruise was introduced by GM for the 2018 Cadillac CT6 in 2017. A few years later, the carmaker will roll out the technology on a few Chevrolet and GMC models. As the system was polished and improved, it was included in the Bolt and Hummer EV in 2022.

GM has even more ambitious ambitions for autonomous driving, and Buick received Super Cruise for 2025. GM’s vice president of vehicle autonomy, Rashed Haq, stated:

‘This 1 billion miles driven hands-free by our customers is just the start. 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.’

What Comes Next

Super Cruise is an SAE Level 2 advanced driver-assistance system. It offers hands-free driving on select highways, but drivers must keep their eyes on the road.

Level 3 provides more freedom to the driver to do things like reply to emails, read a book, or watch a movie, and that’s the level of autonomy GM will introduce in 2028 on the Cadillac Escalade IQ. It will build the new system on the expertise from Cruise, the robotaxi company the automaker acquired in early 2025.

GM is already testing the next-gen system on public roads in Michigan and California, with more than 200 development vehicles. The automaker is working on an alert system to notify the driver to prepare to take control of the vehicle.

The system will be capable of highway driving up to 70 miles per hour. That’s much faster than what Mercedes-Benz will allow with its Drive Pilot system, which is available on the S-Class in Nevada and California and limited to 40 mph.

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