How GM's "Super Cruise" Hands-Free Driving Works

Super Cruise is the best of the advanced driver assist systems (ADAS) on the market. It allows you to drive completely hands-free on the highway, so long as you pay attention to the road. Here’s a look at the system and how it works.
It’s available in the new Chevy Silverado, GMC Sierra, Cadillac Escalade, and several other GM products.
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[@jhensleyj]

Well executed! We appreciate the information, as well as a great communicator. Cheers!

[@sidvicious3129]

Wow great technology, the first time I remember hearing about a LiDAR system was in a gymbal for videography from a company called DJI and the system when you put the gymbal down, like on a table the LiDAR system would track your face and as you moved the camera would move so you didn’t have to have the gymbal in your hand and it would track your movements.

[@mpatt32]

Wish the bolt euv did lane change and road update 400k, is the supercruise 25 a month as well like the bolt ?

[@thomasfoster5200]

When I was a kid and couldn't wait to get my Drivers license it was because i wanted to be in control of the vehicle. That will never change for me. If i want to travel hands free ill ride a bus.

[@zrivera4950]

You're still in control

[@christopherfry6164]

Ah, I remember the horse and buggy fondly as well.

[@ChristmasEve777]

I'd be too afraid to let it drive me, especially with cars on either side of me or when in turns. I'm guessing most of us gen X (or older) people will never trust self driving.

[@MichaelBurkhalter]

I can’t wait for this to expand to more and more cars. Visiting family involves long monotonous freeway driving where I can zone out. Not only would this be more convenient as a superior cruise control, it’s reaction time is probably far superior than my own after 8 hours of driving

[@arthurtashchiyan6977]

What if youre wearing sunglasses, can the system work even if it doesnt see your eyes?

[@gadsdenguy9783]

I'd like to know that as well

[@loganadams3753]

Yes, works perfectly

[@mlw19mlw91]

Yes! They have an algorithm that calculates the probability of you wearing sunglasses. In these cases they actually observe the angle of your head to ensure you're paying attention. Driver could always be sleeping if they could keep their head perfectly straight.

[@anaberenice6389]

Great job

[@livefromplanetearth]

will it work with blackout sunglasses on?

[@ronaldbiondi2901]

when the car decides to change lanes by itself, does it automatically turn on the turn signal

[@semper7717]

It is only for highways?

[@pistolpete4422]

Great review Jordan. I plan to get either a Chevy or GMC specifically for the super cruise. Thanks for review, well done!!

[@notavictim2007]

If you are, for example, on a small town road, would it warn you that there was a pedestrian on the side of the road?

[@johnarnold24]

is all your info being recorded ?

[@dalehuhtala9285]

Does it ever prompt you to touch the steering wheel or does it just use the cameras to confirm that you're watching instead? The Hyundai/Genesis system is very good but the need to touch the steering wheel can be annoying.

[@damionjones8944]

Does the GM also have the super cruise? Or just GMC?

[@hammer-r]

I wish I had it in my Silverado when I do my 1000 miles trips. But I’d hate to see how much it costs or future repairs.

[@BeamerTime354]

Love my ultimate and the super cruise is crazy awesome. You do have to be on a major highway or state highway for it to work. 👍👍 from me.

[@summondominion]

I have an ultimate I think the super cruise in chevy is trash I rented a 2021 camry last year for a trip and its assisted driving is crazy better than super cruise is

[@THCLOC]

That's why Tesla is better. Thanks for making everyone aware that gmc version of auto pilot doesn't work on city streets

[@bobseabert7230]

I cant wait until I can sleep on the way to work. I will sleep like a baby too.

[@mlfitness67]

Love the video, but one thing you didn't touch on was supposed you doze off. Will the truck pull over and stop or just shut off where you are or just keep rolling until you hit something

[@Mr_D555]

Regardless of what system is installed, bad things happen when you fall asleep while driving.

[@QueBeraBera]

For real. Jesus won't take the wheel if you fall asleep, whether it's being autonomously driven or not. 😒

[@ilovemyevo556]

No Kidding? he's asking what the vehicle will do when it loses sight of your eyes. We know bad things generally happen.. but this vehicle does have the potential to pull over and he asked a valid question.

[@ilovemyevo556]

apparently two morons don't understand that you're asking what the vehicle will do if the driver becomes incapacitated. Obviously we know you shouldn't fall asleep or try to drive when drowsy and bad things will happen. It's a perfectly valid question given the capabilities of the truck and the real world scenarios of incapacitated drivers.

[@lloydfillmore9737]

wow dude take a bus or cab

[@bobdailey9735]

Does it recognize and respond to posted speed limit, yeild, reduce speed curve ahead, stop signs and traffic signal red, amber and green lights?

[@chelseyacheraru2703]

If you watch the video, it answers!:)

[@lloydfillmore9737]

take a cab if your worried about this stuff

[@stone8597]

Do you need to purchase an On-Star subscription for this to work? How much does that cost? Will it work at all with out purchasing the subscription? I hate to have to pay $30 a month for this.

[@Fastlife250f]

any for sure answer since?

[@johnarnold24]

so the camera on the steering column can be covered if not using super cruise ?

[@tobiasonmayflower1656]

Yes, if you cover or disable it supercruise will be disabled.

[@michaels.330]

Can it make a right or left turn? I'm just curious, because it wasn't covered in the video. Does anyone know the answer? If so much appreciated.

[@garycooper7345]

Why would anyone need cruise control when executing a left or right turn?

[@rah4822]

No, it is simply an enhancement to cruise control.

[@ChristmasEve777]

It's not a Tesla. Tesla's self-driving may be able to do more than super cruise but it's not as good as super cruise and, frankly, less safe.

[@lloydfillmore9737]

how about fixing your problem with 5.3 6.2 engines first before you add geek option like super cruise

[@sansinutube]

Does it work equally well at night, and in inclement weather?

[@ChristmasEve777]

From what he said, it sounded like it doesn't just depend on lane lines so I'm guessing it will still be able to stay in the lane under those conditions. But, will it slow down automatically as not to go too fast for conditions?? hmmm I wonder. That's scary. I guess you could lower your cruise control setting.

[@rwehuman]

i watch the road......WHEN I AM DRIVING! F that skynet will never drive for.me.

[@gianthonyevillani3537]

Adios reaction time 😂- if you just have to sit there and stare then why wouldn’t you just drive. Driving feels good, being a passenger in a car is a headache no matter who’s driving.

[@professordd8731]

Ok but what happens when it turns off?

[@Arid379]

Take a nap when super cruise is on

[@williamumbach592]

So if you’re not paying attention with your eyes for the required amount of time, does it make an aural warning of any kind? Or just flash the green lights (which you weren’t paying attention with - and would likely not see)? And then if you continue to not pay attention with your eyes, you said it would “shut off”? Would the vehicle then just wander any which way and still maintain your speed? My car will warn you with initially with yellow. Then if you continue to not tend to it, it will use red and a three tone alert. If you don’t tend to it then, the car will apply heavy braking and keep you in your lane (I assume with brake lights, then flashers once you’re stopped - I haven’t tested it to the complete stop in the middle of the interstate). This to me seems way safer than just “shutting off”. I imagine the driver alone on a trip, having a heart attack or major medical issue and the vehicle doing the best it can for the driver safety - not that stopping in the middle of an interstate lane is safe.

[@QueBeraBera]

You mean "oral" and I think you answered your own comments.

[@rustyshackleford7288]

There is enough accidents I wish humans grew as ppl. Fly cars and such. Not the cars control our lives. Ppl drive 78 years no accidents...

[@bikeama]

How does this work if you have a motorcycle in front of you? How about a motorcycle splitting the lane, legal in CA?

[@prndlcars]

It will easily recognize the motorcycle in front of you, and it should stick to the middle of the lane, leaving enough room for a bike to get by. Would be interesting for future version to know to bias left a touch in California left lanes though.

[@weeblegaming8214]

So we went from pay attention while driving to not? Lmfao, someone make sense of this please

[@DragonKingTheYT]

It needs to be able to change speeds by itself but it does not in my opinion it don't have ley-lines in Beverly Hills CA. It needs to have a totally hands-free no steering wheel type of car 🚗

[@bostonaviation3110]

It does change speeds it works with the Adaptive Cruise Control system.

[@Locked_in_with_DaQueen]

Check out newer videos about it. They show adapted speed and rain, as well as tunnel driving.

[@wilburshaw9330]

What do you do with your hand? Make hand puppets?

[@FergalKelly-rt2jg]

What happens if you get a front tire blowout

[@rah4822]

I would suggest you safely maneuver the vehicle to the side of the road. Then either change the tire or call for help. Should not be driving if you have to ask this.

[@stephenlocklear1601]

Does it work with sunglasses on!?

[@johncipolletti5611]

It's a great system that was put in the robot cabs in California. Oh, they failed too many times and have been shut down!

[@prndlcars]

This has nothing to do with Cruise or robotaxis and is still perfectly capable. And, in fact, proves why it’s useful to have driver monitoring to make sure you pay attention to the road as the driver.

[@johncipolletti5611]

@@prndlcars I'm an owner of 9 robots, and a 50 year programmer and designer. I also have a son who designs robotic systems, programs them, and fixes them 24/7. I say that robotic systems are still in their infancy and are still too primitive! Those vehicles were to eliminate that person behind the wheel but it still doesn't work well.

[@prndlcars]

@@johncipolletti5611 Thus proving the benefit of Super Cruise. Again, this has NOTHING to do with the Cruise robotaxi. They're different teams, different companies, different technologies.

[@johncipolletti5611]

​@@prndlcarsBoy, when BS hits the fan, you still believe in it!

[@WFO.Ian.30]

How am I supposed to text and drive if it’s watching my eyes?

[@joegodfrey9487]

Texts can wait until you’re not driving.

[@troyheffernan1261]

Wait till it's raining or it's dark and half the road is covered with water. And the steering wheel os snached to your right. And your rig jack knifes and crashes.

[@DaRealStiffhand]

If i gotta keep my eyes on the road i may as well keep my hands on the wheel. Sounds like Hyundai's hda system is better..

[@user-md6uk9yy3t]

eyes on the road is because of tesla crashes. random stuff will always happen and only a person can react properly.

[@kathyfann]

Can you put an address in the GPS because it’s using LiDAR can’t get you to that address and navigate. It’s exit and handle the traffic at the stop light and all that and get in the proper lane to turn to go to anything you know whatever you’re doing shopping doctor whatever

[@jmwfishing]

Get rid of the subscription mess it would be halfway alright

[@rockyauterson969]

Will it drive itself if you have sunglasses on?

[@prndlcars]

Yep!

[@notavictim2007]

Let’s say you are turning left in a intersection, and a car is speeding at you would it warn you of that?

[@Zoomer30]

Until every and I mean EVERRRRY car is self driving, it's an accident waiting to happen.

[@jaihropauloz.jaicten8354]

❤❤❤

[@Zoomer30]

People 1. "AHHHHH, AI is going to take over, we CANNOT let that happen" 2. "Sure car, by all means, drive me into the ditch."

[@lloydfillmore9737]

if you want or need this option it should be call super dumb ass option!

[@WingofTech]

San Diego, one of the most distinctive environments lol I love it 🥰

[@ELPRESADORSDIP]

It can drive on the highway and switch lanes? I feel like this technology has been around for a decade or so...Hope GM isn't wasting too much money on this

[@jrhackman7414]

Yeah GM started working on theirs in 2013 and it was available in some Cadillacs by 2017. They didn’t rush it and end up with lawsuits, like some other automakers.

[@ELPRESADORSDIP]

@@jrhackman7414 I'm not sure which automakers you're referring to. GM definitely didn't rush it, and still aren't rushing it

[@yoced1468]

SUNGLASSES OR NAH

[@prndlcars]

It has always worked with whatever sunglasses I wear. I've tried with Randolphs, Ray Ban, and Maui Jim, but if you have some weird lenses it might not.

[@theodoredesmarais4219]

Really bad Idea. Your risking you life to a piece of software that is modeling the real world, it can fail, a cosmic ray, a unread nonlogical 5 car pileup etc etc. I like AI for slow city street taxis to the airport , to the new eVTOL DRONE ports, to the bus or train, to the supermarket etc again slow , and local but out on the highway or country roads etc no way. I would never trust it in snow and weather and I like to drive, no I LOVE to drive I want to be the driver, One huge issue will be to decide if your driving or not, so how much attention one has to pay to it......ie cell phone use accidents galore..... this is far, far, far too new and untested to risk, what a delay, a inconvenience ? no your risking your life at anything above 25 mph !!! and at 70 ? Not even , we must learn quick or I think we will have many massive accidents and deaths. Already have had many do you want it to be you ???

[@mr.phresh2408]

Sign me up

[@brbfitness9346]

Can you wear sunglasses?

[@prndlcars]

Yep!

[@DragonKingTheYT]

In my opinion it's a death trap because if it's raining or snowing it will not see the lanes and you'll get a speeding ticket because it will keep the same speed until you take the break off in my opinion

[@countwalker9362]

Don’t use it when raining

[@semper7717]

If it can’t figure out the lanes, it’ll turn off

[@smoothbraindetainer]

Both of theses statements are false

[@juliusa4129]

Wow, that's the exact same thing that would happen to any driver who leaves cruise control too high on bad road conditions. Not a surprise

[@tonystorcke]

This needs to be updates. GM has operators controlling the vehiclea. An elaborate lie.

[@prndlcars]

This is not the same thing as Cruise. This is Super Cruise which is a feature you have in cars you buy, not an autonomous taxi.

[@rustyshackleford7288]

😂 usa cars that break every 5 years or in 5 years. And they complain about waste or going green. Make those 1960 trucks with new tech and make them last 200 years. Oh ya this isn't real capitalism. 😅

[@louisevad6091]

Uhmm what ??😂More reasons to fall asleep at the wheel

[@sleezebagsammy8605]

Exactly Louis! I hope the dumb users of this nonsense realize they're at fault when their kids use this function to text even more while driving.

[@danjoyce5599]

Well it only work if it see your eyes if it don’t see your eyes it will pull over and stop

[@mafiglendale4491]

🍼

[@sergiocontreras9436]

Expensive expensive feture

[@Humanist920]

You lost me when you said we are getting close to self driving. No, we are not. Experts (real engineers, not Elon) say we are far off and nowhere near that milestone.

[@prndlcars]

Many consumers think automatic lane centering is “self-driving” so this is a perception thing, not an engineering descriptor. Super Cruise is a Level 2 system, albeit the SAE levels of automation are a pretty garbage measuring stick. Level 4 autonomy is ALREADY here from Waymo and others, so self-driving vehicles already exist. Not sure where I lost you, but probably in between you talking to “experts” and me explaining something complicated to normal people.

[@markcarlton]

Seriously, what's the point of such a system, what is the obsession with being the driver but not being the driver. Thus only adds to cost and complexity of purchase maintenance and repairs. It's for fools.

[@Steve197201]

If the whole point of this system is to drive the car, why does it require the driver to be paying attention to the road? Kind of defeats the purpose if you ask me.

[@steveunderwood4003]

This is an accident waiting to happen

[@steveunderwood4003]

Plus...im not so lazy that I can't move my arms sooooooo.... Also... What's the point if you still have to stare at the road the whole time.... This is for the stupid and the lazy

[@longlivelinux90]

My coworker uses this to commute to Chicago airport without issues.

[@steveunderwood4003]

@@longlivelinux90 I'm sure it works fine All the way to the point where it doesn't

[@rustyshackleford7288]

I hate that having an opinion on the subject of some progress isn't good is censored. It sucks. This is awful. Watch the accidents ppl drive and text now the truck changes lanes when an accident is happening while other drivers move making it worse..when these features get exposed to -27 to 120 or anywhere in between for a year to 5 years. It'll break and end a life. Please stop this nonsense

[@semper7717]

@rustyshakleford7288. Tesla has been doing this for years. Where are all the Tesla accidents? People like you will always make it seem like the sky is falling. You should get a horse and buggy

[@ZaneCampbell22]

Much better than a Tesla , it’s a gas car and has all of the elements a Tesla does.

[@itsabovemenow1016]

Super cruise is a one-time purchase option. Tesla Autopilot is a $200 a month subscription.

[@ladyketurahinwaiting]

👎👎👎👎👎

[@griffithb1]

I put my trust in God, not man. I will drive myself!!!!!!!

[@longfeet14]

This shit right here is why no one likes us Christians.... 😢

[@OrionsKelt]

Jesus take the wheel!

[@braddpitt4322]

@@longfeet14 that's not why people hate Christians, and Christians watch their words as well.

[@tmacman0418]

I agree, I don't put trust in man, particularly man's ability to drive safely so that's why I'm exited for all these autonomous diving features in new cars.

[@prndlcars]

What if I told you that God made the engineers that built Super Cruise...

[@Jaxmol]

This is the most reckless commercial I have ever seen. Terrible way to market your new feature. Just dangerous. Someone has really poor judgment to use this in a commercial.

[@DanBlackRacing]

HAHAHAHAH So pointless. Tech is going too far. Trucks should be CHEAP and SIMPLE

[@sleezebagsammy8605]

Dan, you are 100% correct.

[@OperationValhalla]

Then don't buy it peasant, it's quite simple math here.

[@semper7717]

I bet someone said the same thing when they saw the first plan fly.

[@summondominion]

No super cruise isnt the best, i have this truck and it's nowhere near as good as the toyota camry i rented last year was. It did practically drive itself.

[@PAS2010D]

Lol what?

[@PAS2010D]

Camry has nothing close to super cruise. It has standard safety features my VW Atlas has. It's not self driving at all.