Cadillac Super Cruise: Hands-Free Driving

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• GIVING YOU THE FREEDOM TO GO HANDS-FREE
• AWARD-WINNING DRIVING INNOVATION
• About Adaptive Cruise Control
• HOW AND WHEN DOES THE MAP INFORMATION USED BY SUPER CRUISE UPDATE?
• DOES THE SUPER CRUISE SYSTEM TURN MY CAR INTO AN AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE?
• Cadillac Super Cruise is an Automated Driving System available on the Cadillac CT6. Here’s how it works.
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In addition to the mileage expansion, the software update made enhancements to the driver attention system. That's a bit of a bummer, but Super Cruise 1.0 is still a very impressive piece of technology. The Level 2 driver-aid tech requires the driver's attention to operate, so an infrared camera on the steering column makes sure their eyes stay on the road. Look away for too long and the XT6 will ask you to pay attention -- first by flashing red lights on the steering wheel, then with audible alerts -- before eventually handing control back to the human in the hot seat.

GIVING YOU THE FREEDOM TO GO HANDS-FREE

Safety or driver-assistance features are no substitute for the driver’s responsibility to operate the vehicle in a safe manner. The driver should remain attentive to traffic, surroundings and road conditions at all times. Read the vehicle Owner’s Manual for more important feature limitations and information. The world’s first true hands-free driver assistance feature for the highway. The Super Cruise† feature is available, with the OnStar Safety and Security Plan, on 2018 CT6 models produced on September 6th, 2017, and later. Technically, Cadillac is ow including divided highways that have limited intersections and traffic control devices.

AWARD-WINNING DRIVING INNOVATION

Admittedly, the lanes around my neck of the woods are a touch narrow, but I'd love it if a future version of Super Cruise allowed me to tweak or trim lane-keeping margins on either side. To be sure, GM says it is approaching the concept of hands-free driving as safely and cautiously as it can. Miller contrasts this approach with Tesla’s Full Self-Driving, which still retains its status as a beta product despite being available to over 400,000 Tesla owners in North America.

About Adaptive Cruise Control

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However, Cadillac forces customers to add it as part of a pricey $8,850 bundle with adaptive cruise control, magnetic ride control, and many unrelated features. This package is only available on the Premium Luxury trim and above, starting at $84,890. Living in Orlando, Florida, we were eager to take the Escalade on the infamous I4 highway to test Super Cruise.

HOW AND WHEN DOES THE MAP INFORMATION USED BY SUPER CRUISE UPDATE?

The 2023 Cadillac XT6 starts at $48,790 for the base front-drive Luxury spec, including the $1,195 destination charge. I'd recommend starting at the Premium Luxury trim level with its better V6 engine and optional Super Cruise, starting at $54,190 or $56,190 with all-wheel drive. Super Cruise works as well here as it did when it debuted back in 2018 on the CT6 sedan, rounding bendy highway segments confidently and reacting predictably to changes in traffic. However, the larger XT6 feels like it crowds the left edge of the lane, which makes it difficult to get truly comfortable in the heavy traffic situations where the tech would be most useful.

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Until now, the Super Cruise system could only be activated on divided highways with no traffic control devices. Super Cruise is GM's name for a driving assistance feature that keeps a vehicle in its lane without driver intervention. Combined with the radar adaptive cruise control, drivers in Super Cruise-equipped vehicles can drive on the highway without using their hands or feet. Cadillac recently introduced Enhanced Super Cruise with the ability to change lanes automatically.

The entry-level XT6 Luxury is powered by a 2.0-liter, turbocharged inline four-cylinder engine. Its 237 horsepower and 258 pound-feet of torque are adequate, but I'd recommend bypassing this trim entirely in favor of the Premium Luxury model with its torquier V6 engine, as it feels like a better match for this 198.8-inch long, three-row SUV. It is recommended that you download your current lightbox contents and clear its assets to add more. For your security, please don't include personal info such as phone number, address or credit card details.

Cadillac Super Cruise is an Automated Driving System available on the Cadillac CT6. Here’s how it works.

Visually, the XT6 hasn't changed much since I last found myself behind the wheel of the 2020 model. The SUV is as handsome as ever with the automaker's angular aesthetic and hallmark vertical LED light signatures at either end. Updates for the 2023 model year include new Latte and Rosewood metallic paint colors, optional 21-inch wheels for the more agile Sport trim level and standard Brembo brakes with red calipers for that same spec. This Premium Luxury model showcases exactly none of those changes, but is noteworthy as the sweet spot in the XT6 lineup. The new roads have already started to be added incrementally over-the-air, at no additional charge, and will continue to be added through 2025.

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It is designed to help you stay in a single lane and works with Adaptive Cruise Control† to help you keep distance between your vehicle and the vehicle ahead of you. On some models, you have to purchase an upgrade to enable trailering ($200 on 2022 Escalade; price is before taxes and fees. Price subject to change). Without this upgrade, you cannot use Super Cruise on these vehicles while towing a trailer. You can shop for the upgrade from the myCadillac mobile app, on onstar.com or by speaking to an Advisor. Cadillac introduced Super Cruise on the CT6 sedan, though that model is no longer in production. The system is currently available on the 2021 Escalade as a $2,500 option.

To ensure the system is as safe as possible, GM also uses high-precision GPS and a Driver Attention System that uses a camera to ensure the driver is watching the road. If the car detects a driver is not paying attention, Super Cruise will deactivate, making it far harder to trick than Tesla's Autopilot. With an ever-growing network, select eligible Cadillac vehicles can travel on over 400,000 miles of compatible roads throughout the United States and Canada, including both divided and non-divided highways.

When most people envision a "self-driving car," they are thinking of Level 4 or Level 5. Level 4 mostly drives itself but requires a driver override in specific circumstances. Level 5 is the purest definition of autonomy, a vehicle without a steering wheel or pedal. When Super Cruise is off, the light bar on your steering wheel will be off and the Super Cruise symbol on your Driver Information Center will also be off.

Today, it announced plans to expand its Super Cruise advanced driver-assist system, which allows drivers to take their hands off the steering wheel on certain roads, to cover nearly double the number of miles it did before. Select compatible Cadillac models equipped with Super Cruise can steer to perform a single lane change under certain conditions,† if Lane Change On Demand capability is enabled in the vehicle’s Settings menu. Atop the steering column is a small camera that monitors head movement with the help of infrared lights.

Most Super Cruise-equipped vehicles will receive this expansion except for the Cadillac CT6, Chevrolet Bolt EUV and Cadillac XT6. The average eligible vehicle will update its map within about one month of the GM brand site maps showing updated roads. Real-time cameras, sensors and GPS, along with LiDAR precision map data, work in tandem to detect every curve, helping the vehicle stay centered in the lane and elevating the comfort and convenience of your commute. The electric automaker’s Full Self-Driving program is operational on local roads and residential streets and purports to handle more complex situations like roundabouts, traffic lights, and four-way stops. How well it handles these scenarios is open to debate, as regulators and safety experts continue to evaluate and study the technology. Super Cruise cannot steer to avoid any objects (including vehicles, animals, pedestrians, bicyclists, potholes, debris, construction barriers or cones).

Should the driver turn away, or become distracted while Super Cruise is engaged, the vehicle will initiate a prompt. If ignored, Super Cruise will continue to operate, but issue a further series of alerts, including the aforementioned steering wheel light bar to prompt drivers to resume control of the vehicle. Hence, when the system senses that your attention is slipping away (checking your e-mail, looking out the window, etc.) it will disengage the Super Cruise and prompt you to take control. But that time can be considerably affected by many aggravating factors from the sensors, disengaging the system quicker if needed.

The Super Cruise driver-assistance feature is available on eligible 2018, 2019, and 2020 CT6 models, and 2021 Escalade models (late availability starting early 2021). The Super Cruise Package on 2018, 2019 and 2020 models includes 3 years of connectivity to support functionality, after which a Connected Services† plan must be purchased. Super Cruise is not available when Teen Driver is active.Super Cruise will not brake the vehicle when approaching an intersection that is controlled by a traffic light or stop sign. Super Cruise will not detect vehicles crossing the road ahead, including at intersections, and will not automatically steer or brake to prevent a collision. It is important that you always stay engaged and vigilant at all times while driving.Consult your Owner’s Manual for further limitations. For years, Super Cruise was limited to divided highways that GM had laser mapped and approved for use.

Drivers only need to activate their turn signal, and the car will change lanes when it deems it safe to do so. GM introduced Super Cruise in late 2017; for 2024, it’s available as an option on every Cadillac sedan and most utility models, and standard on Escalade. The 2023 XT6 is now available with Cadillac's most advanced driver-assistance technology -- but with a catch. That means that the XT6 also won't get the recently announced update for use on undivided highways. Some of the newly added divided highways include things like “limited intersections and traffic control devices,” according to Cadillac. Despite the update, in the presence of railroad and pedestrian crossings, stoplights or stop signs, Super Cruise will alert drivers to take control.