A billion miles in less than a decade: GM's Super Cruise reaches a milestone

When Super Cruise debuted in the Cadillac CT6 back in 2017 , it showed there was a responsible way to give drivers a hands-free assistance system. Unlike Tesla , General Motors geofenced the system to only work on restricted-access highways that had been lidar-scanned and HD-mapped ahead of time. What’s more, it added a driver-facing infrared camera to track their gaze and ensure their eyes remain on the road ahead for the system to stay active. …