{"id":1716,"date":"2021-10-09T13:15:24","date_gmt":"2021-10-09T05:15:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/?p=1716"},"modified":"2021-10-09T13:15:24","modified_gmt":"2021-10-09T05:15:24","slug":"gms-ultra-cruise-can-drive-autonomously-95-of-the-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/?p=1716","title":{"rendered":"GM&#8217;s Ultra Cruise can drive autonomously 95% of the time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> close <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/931\/524\/ultra-cruise-image.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"Hands-off with Cadillac's Super Cruise\" data-v-13907676> Video <\/p>\n<h4 class=\"title\" data-v-13907676>Hands-off with Cadillac&#8217;s Super Cruise<\/h4>\n<p data-v-13907676>The 2021 Cadillac Escalade is available with the latest version of GM&#8217;s hands-free Super Cruise highway driving aid. Fox News Autos Editor Gary Gastelu lets it take him for a ride.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">GM wants to reinvent your relationship with the steering wheel.<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/640\/320\/ultra-cruise-image.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"Ultra Cruise will ultimately enable door-to-door hands-free driving on all public paved roads in the U.S. and Canada.\"> <\/p>\n<p>\n      Ultra Cruise will ultimately enable door-to-door hands-free driving on all public paved roads in the U.S. and Canada.\n      <\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">The automaker says its upcoming Ultra Cruise advanced driver-assist system (ADAS) will be able to handle up to 95% of driving situations without any human input.<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/escalade-gif.gif\" alt=\"Cadillac's Super Cruise allows for hands-free highway driving.\"> <\/p>\n<p>\n      Cadillac&#8217;s Super Cruise allows for hands-free highway driving.<br \/>\n      (FoxNews.com)<\/p>\n<p>As a follow up to the less capable Super Cruise hands-free driving aid, Ultra Cruise will use a suite of sensors that include cameras, radar and lidar to provide the vehicle with 360 degrees of perception that, according to GM, will enable it to do the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Provide users with information based on their experience with the system through an all-new dynamic display<\/li>\n<li>React to permanent traffic control devices<\/li>\n<li>Follow internal navigation routes<\/li>\n<li>Maintain headway; follow speed limits<\/li>\n<li>Support automatic and on-demand lane change<\/li>\n<li>Support left and right-hand turns<\/li>\n<li>Support close object avoidance<\/li>\n<li>Support parking in residential driveways<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>At the time it launches in a Cadillac model in 2023, GM says it will be compatible with over 2 million miles of pre-mapped and certified U.S. roads that will expand to 3.4 million-mile network.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We believe that the combination of different sensors, or sensor fusion, leads to the most robust hands-free driver-assist system for our customers,&#8221; said Doug Parks, GM&#8217;s head of product development.<\/p>\n<p>Park&#8217;s comment contrasts with the view of Elon Musk, who has eschewed lidar and long-range radar for Tesla&#8217;s similar Full Self-Driving feature, which now relies just on cameras and short-range ultrasonic sensors for its operation. Musk once said &#8220;anyone relying on lidar is doomed&#8221; and believes too much data is unnecessarily confusing to the ADAS computers.<\/p>\n<p>Even with the advanced capability, GM refers to Ultra Cruise as a Level 2 autonomous system, with Level 5 being full autonomy, which means it requires the driver to monitor its operation and be prepared to take over in case of an emergency.<\/p>\n<p>CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP<\/p>\n<p>Mercedes-Benz, Audi and other automakers also plan to utilize lidar in the Level 2 and beyond ADAS systems they will be launching in the coming years, while the fully-autonomous vehicles deployed by GM&#8217;s Cruise ride-hailing division employ several lidar units each.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>close Video Hands-off with Cadillac&#8217;s Super Cruise The 2021 Cadillac Escalade is available with the latest version of GM&#8217;s hands-free Super Cruise highway driving aid. 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