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General Motors (GM) announced that the cumulative driving distance of its hands-free driver assistance system, "Super Cruise," has reached 1 billion miles (approximately 1.6 billion km).
Super Cruise is currently installed in 23 vehicle models sold in North America, totaling about 750,000 vehicles. The driving distance recorded through this system is equivalent to 2,100 round trips between Earth and the Moon. In the past year, the number of vehicles equipped with Super Cruise increased by 70%, and the number of daily users rose by 80%. During the same period, customers drove a total of 7.1 million won hours using Super Cruise across 28.7 million trips, with an average of 1.6 million km per day driven hands-free.
Analysis of usage patterns revealed that each use lasted an average of 24 minutes of hands-free driving. More than half of all users utilize the feature weekly, and 85% use it at least once a month. Based on this trend, the number of Super Cruise subscriptions is projected to exceed 850,000 by the end of the year.
GM is deploying more than 200 development vehicles on highways in California and Michigan to further enhance system performance in real-world road conditions. By 2028, GM plans to introduce "eyes-off" driving technology, which requires no driver eye intervention, starting with the Cadillac Escalade IQ. This technology will be applied to both internal combustion engine vehicles and electric vehicles and will be expanded across various brands and price segments.
In Korea, Super Cruise was first introduced last year via the Cadillac Escalade IQ and has also been applied to the recently released 2026 New Escalade. Going forward, the application of Super Cruise is expected to expand to various brands and products. GM plans to utilize the real-world road data secured through this 1 billion-mile milestone to advance autonomous driving technology and strengthen its OnStar-based integrated software and service platform.
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