General Motors' Super Cruise hands-free driving system has surpassed one billion miles driven across nearly 750,000 vehicles in the US and Canada. The system, which debuted in 2017, restricts use to pre-mapped highways and monitors driver attention with an infrared camera. Usage continues to grow, with high renewal rates among owners.
General Motors announced that its Super Cruise driver assistance system has accumulated one billion miles, or 1.6 billion kilometers, driven in almost 750,000 vehicles across the United States and Canada. Rashed Haq, GM's vice president of autonomous vehicles, noted the system's ongoing expansion through new sales and a renewal rate approaching 40 percent after the initial three-year free period, which requires an active OnStar subscription thereafter. Haq described Super Cruise as passing the 'toothbrush test,' indicating strong customer stickiness with frequent daily use akin to an everyday essential. The compatible highway network has expanded significantly from 160,000 miles in 2018 to nearly 700,000 miles today. Drivers average 17 miles and 24 minutes per trip, with more than half using it weekly or daily; usage doubled year-over-year, reaching 7.1 million hours, 485.9 million miles, and 28.7 million trips in 2025 alone. For context, Tesla's Full Self-Driving has about 1.3 million active subscriptions and exceeded 8.4 billion miles earlier this year. GM is advancing Super Cruise to include eyes-off capability on highways, shifting from level 2+ to level 3 automation. This upgraded version, retaining the Super Cruise name, is slated for the Cadillac Escalade IQ around 2028 and is already in supervised testing across multiple states, according to Haq.
