General Motors is developing a more advanced version of its Super Cruise driver-assistance system under the internal codename of ‘Ultra Cruise.’
While speaking at Citi’s 2020 Car of the Future Symposium, GM executive vice president of global product development Doug Parks said the aim of Ultra Cruise will be to offer hands-free driving on city streets in addition to highways, which Super Cruise already does.
“Ultra Cruise’s domain would essentially be all driving, all the time,” Parks said. “Ultra Cruise would be all the Super Cruise, plus neighborhoods, cities, subdivisions. We’re not saying Ultra Cruise will be fully autonomous 100 percent of the time, although that could be one of the endgames for Ultra Cruise.”
Parks didn’t say when Ultra Cruise could be introduced to production vehicles in the GM family.
In a statement issued to Car and Driver, GM said it has teams working to expand the capabilities of its driver-assistance systems.
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“Over the years, General Motors has added new capabilities to Super Cruise, the industry’s first true hands-free driver assistance system for compatible highways and we’ll continue to do that while expanding the technology across our vehicle portfolio. At the same time, we have teams looking at how we can expand the capabilities to more scenarios. We do not have a name or anything specific to announce today, but stay tuned.”
News of GM looking to enhance Super Cruise comes shortly after it was announced that the system will soon be introduced to non-Cadillac vehicles and expanded to 22 models across GM’s brands by 2023.
