GM’s Super Cruise Now Covers Almost 750,000 Miles

General Motors says it now has the largest hands-free driving network in North America. The automaker is claiming the honor after recently expanding its Super Cruise network to encompass roughly 750,000 hands-fee miles across compatible roads in North America and Canada.

GM cites this example to put things in to perspective: 750,000 miles is like traveling one way from Earth to the Moon three times or taking a coast-to-coast road trip from New York City to San Francisco and back nearly 130 times.

In its news release, the automaker says this new batch of compatible roads makes Super Cruise the largest truly hands-free operating domain in North America — nearly six times the coverage of other hands-free driver assistance technologies on the market today.

“GM is all-in on safely deploying Super Cruise as we make the technology available on more vehicles, more roads and for more people to enjoy. A key part of that is expanding the road network — in this case nearly doubling it again — with LiDAR mapped highways.  High precision LiDAR mapping gives us an operating domain where we are confident in Super Cruise’s abilities.”– Anantha Kancherla, GM vice president of ADAS.

GM says it launched Super Cruise in 2017 as the industry’s first true hands-free ADAS on the market. The automaker says it has incrementally expanded its Super Cruise network, most recently to 400,000 miles (640,000 kilometers), to include major Canadian, U.S. and state highways. Today’s expansion adds minor highways that typically connect smaller cities and townships.

GM says it expects this to excite Super Cruise customers, particularly those with compatible trailers who camp, boat, and use recreational vehicles. GM says it's also the only hands-free system to offer trailering capability. Super Cruise with trailering is available on models like the 2024 Chevrolet Traverse or 2024 GMC Acadia.

Super Cruise Fast Facts

• Growing to about 750,000 miles of compatible roads across the U.S. and Canada, including divided highways, major and minor highways.
• Over 80% of surveyed owners with Super Cruise have said it makes driving more relaxing, and it’s the second most important reason for choosing a vehicle.
• The industry’s first — and largest — truly hands-free ADAS on the market, and the only to offer trailering capability.
• More than 160 million miles (257 million kilometers) have been driven accident-free with Super Cruise.
• New or enhanced features and capabilities since Super Cruise’s launch include: Lane Change on Demand, Automatic Lane Change, Enhanced Navigation, Industry-First and only Hands-Free Trailering, Collaborative Steering, Enhanced Driver Requested Offset and Improved Handling.

You can see CarPro Show host Jerry Reynolds demonstrate Super Cruise in this video: