Cadillac announced that select 2017 model year vehicles will feature advanced “intelligent and connected” technologies, including Super Cruise automated driving system and vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) communication technology.
General Motors CEO Mary Barra made the announcement on Sunday during her keynote address at the Intelligent Transport System (ITS) World Congress in Detroit.
Barra said that in about two years, an all-new 2017 Cadillac vehicle will offer customers an advanced driver assist technology called Super Cruise, while the 2017 Cadillac CTS will get vehicle-to-vehicle communication technology.
The unnamed new vehicle which will feature Super Cruise, the working name for GM’s automated driving technology, may be Cadillac’s upcoming flagship sedan. Super Cruise will offer customers features like hands-off lane following, braking and speed control in certain highway driving conditions. GM 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.
As for the V2V communication technology, GM says it could mitigate many traffic collisions and improve traffic congestion by sending and receiving basic safety information such as location, speed and direction of travel between vehicles that are approaching each other. V2V will warn drivers and will supplement active safety features, such as forward collision warning, already available on many production cars.
“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,” 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 executive added.
According to a recent National Highway Traffic Safety Administration study, the economic and societal impact of motor vehicle crashes in the United States is more than $870 billion (€672 billion) per year.
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