Self-drivingHands-free driver assist

Super Cruise

Name: Super Cruise
Brand: General Motors

Super Cruise lets drivers of some GM cars take their hands off the wheel on approved roads. It is not self-driving: the driver must keep watching the road at all times. GM newsroom, 18 Aug 2026

Stage 5 of 5

Regulator-cleared or mass market

Which rule placed it

Evidence: Company-reported only
Human help: Safety driver aboard
Last milestone: 18 Aug 2026

01Can I get it?

Yes, in places

Where it works today: Offered on more than 20 GM models (Cadillac, Chevrolet, GMC and others) in North America, on compatible roads. GM newsroom, 18 Aug 2026
Published price: Included for three years with an equipped new car, then plans from $39.99 a month as of 18 Aug 2026 GM newsroom, 18 Aug 2026
Human help: The driver is always in charge. Hands can come off the wheel, but the driver must keep their eyes on the road and take over when needed. A system watches the driver to check they are paying attention. KTLA, 5 Aug 2026

02Track record

What has actually happened

Every milestone is dated and links to the page it comes from. Lines marked company-reported rest on the maker's own word.

18 Aug 2026
Demo
GM said it was testing its next system, which will allow eyes-off driving, on hundreds of prototype cars.
GM newsroom, 18 Aug 2026Company-reported
28 April 2026
Mass market · sets the stage
GM said drivers had done 1 billion hands-free miles with Super Cruise, across nearly 750,000 cars of 23 models in North America.
Repairer Driven News, 1 May 2026Company-reported
28 April 2026
Update
GM said 30 to 40 percent of owners kept paying for Super Cruise after the three free years ended.
Repairer Driven News, 1 May 2026Company-reported
22 Oct 2025
Update
GM said it would add 'eyes-off' driving on highways from 2028, using lidar (laser sensors), radar and cameras. At that point Super Cruise had done over 700 million hands-free miles on 23 GM vehicles.
Electrek, 22 Oct 2025Company-reported
22 July 2021
Update
GM said an upgraded Super Cruise that can change lanes on its own would come to six more vehicles in 2022, including the Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra pickups. It worked on more than 200,000 miles of US roads.
TechCrunch, 22 July 2021Company-reported
6 June 2018
On sale
Super Cruise was on sale, but only on the Cadillac CT6.
TechCrunch, 6 June 2018
10 April 2017
Unveiled
GM said Super Cruise would arrive first on the Cadillac CT6 sedan in fall 2017, using cameras in the steering wheel to watch the driver's head.
TechCrunch, 10 Apr 2017Company-reported

03Promised vs delivered

What the maker said, and when

Dated targets the maker set in public, against what has happened since.

Said6 June 2018
Super Cruise on other GM brands after 2020
GM said Super Cruise would spread to Chevrolet, GMC and Buick after 2020. TechCrunch, 6 June 2018
Delivered
By 2022 it was offered on the Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra; in 2026 GM listed more than 20 models.
Said22 Oct 2025
Eyes-off highway driving in 2028, starting with the Cadillac Escalade IQ
GM said drivers would be able to take their eyes off the road on highways from as early as 2028, starting with the electric Cadillac Escalade IQ. GM newsroom, 18 Aug 2026
Still pending
In August 2026 GM still gave 2028 as the earliest date and said it was testing on hundreds of prototype cars.

04Safety and incidents

What has gone wrong

12 March 2024
In the first IIHS (an insurance-industry safety group) ratings of how driver-assist systems keep drivers alert, Super Cruise was the only one of 14 systems to meet every test for handling a driver who stops responding. IIHS faulted it for changing lanes without any driver input. IIHS, 12 Mar 2024

How we placed it

The rule, not an opinion

Stages are worked out by published rules from the dated milestones above. We never rate robots, and no maker can pay to change a stage.

5
Regulator-cleared or mass marketThis robot
A regulator has cleared it where approval applies: FDA clearance or approval for a medical robot, a permit to run with no one aboard for a self-driving vehicle, or an FAA approval for routine drone flights. Or: Widely sold: sales in the hundreds of thousands, or a product category you can buy in ordinary shops.
Placed by: GM said drivers had done 1 billion hands-free miles with Super Cruise, across nearly 750,000 cars of 23 models in North America (28 April 2026).
4
Paying customers
Delivered to customers who pay for it, beyond a trial, or a paid service the public can use.
3
Pilot
Working with a named customer in a real setting, as a trial.
2
Pre-orders
Orders, reservations or deposits taken, with nothing delivered yet.
1
Demo only
Shown in videos, staged events or a factory, with no units working for customers.

What we couldn't confirm. IIHS's ratings table lists Super Cruise on the 2023-24 GMC Sierra as 'Marginal' overall. No NHTSA recall or investigation of Super Cruise itself was found; search results were all about GM's separate Cruise robotaxi unit. Do not confuse the two.

Sources

Cite this page

Robotics Verdict. “Super Cruise (General Motors): how far has it got?” roboticsverdict.com/robots/gm-super-cruise. Checked 19 October 2026.