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Not content to let
hog the spotlight with lofty claims about its autonomous driving capabilities,
plans major upgrades to its Super Cruise automated driving system starting next year, when the technology starts rolling out in more models.
“The system that we have today, we continue to upgrade,” Brandon Vivian,
executive chief engineer, told
. ‘We have over-the-air re-flash capability, and you’ll continue to see us add features and capabilities to Super Cruise going forward.” A fellow top Cadillac engineer told the outlet they would not share specifics but said “We want to innovate” as competitors also make advances in self-driving technology.
The news comes as
says
will launch a driverless robotaxi service in some U.S. cities next year, with “over a million cars with full self-driving, software, everything.” The audacious claim hinges on a new Samsung microchip for self-driving vehicles. Last year, Tesla
rolled out Navigate on Autopilot
, which allows vehicles to change lanes, take exit ramps and choose the correct highway interchange and exit.
At the New York International Auto Show, Cadillac announced that it will
equip the forthcoming 2020 CT5 sedan with Super Cruise
, though not initially. The brand plans to roll out a new model equipped with Super Cruise every six months starting in 2020 and going through the end of 2021, meaning four new models with the technology in two years.
Super Cruise previously has been offered only on the
Platinum, and as an option on other
trim levels, along with a three-year
package. It uses cameras, lidar mapping and radar, plus an infrared camera mounted atop the steering column to make sure the driver isn’t nodding off, looking away for too long or climbing into the back seat. There’s also an LED light bar on the steering wheel and Super Cruise icon on the instrument panel to let drivers know when the system is ready, not ready and ready to deactivate. But the system can’t switch lanes and only works on around 130,000 miles of divided highways that
has mapped with lidar-equipped vehicles.
Vivian said the Super Cruise setup in the CT5 will be largely the same as in the CT6 and likened it to “a half step in between” a full next generation of the technology.
also plans to eventually
roll out Super Cruise to its entire U.S. lineup
following its introduction in all Cadillac models.
Autoblog
named Super Cruise the
2019 Technology of the Year winner
. You can also read our
First Drive review of Super Cruise
.
from Autoblog http://bit.ly/2V37w2G