You have to put the vehicle in the middle of the lane, press two buttons, a light at the top of the steering wheel turns green, and voila. The car drives itself: it automatically brakes, accelerates, turns and overtakes. The pilot only has to keep his eyes on the road ahead, but without the hand wheel or foot pedal. When you decide, you can resume driving and if the car “requires” the driver to do so, it will alert with a vibration in the seat or, directly, with a requesting voice from the speaker. gives.

We are in the United States, in the city of Birmingham, in the state of Michigan, very close to Detroit, the cradle of the American automotive industry, an iconic city that was about to go bankrupt a few years ago and is now experiencing a resurgence.

We’re driving a Cadillac XT6 down I-696 toward the historic General Motors Car Test Center in downtown Milford. is a way of saying “driving” because when traveling on the highway, the Super Cruise system, with which this SUV is equipped, does almost everything Through its adaptive automatic speed control “which, when activated, can control acceleration and brakes to maintain the distance time chosen by the driver with the vehicle in front of him”, according to the company itself. It’s not a 100% autonomous car, but it’s pretty close.

For the driver, the first sensation is the stomach: a vague feeling that mixes a natural disbelief and an immense and innate desire to control a car driving alone at nearly 100 kilometers per hour. But it’s only a few minutes: then everything flows better and you enjoy the journey and enjoy driving without driving.

Super Cruise is a semi-autonomous system currently authorized to operate only on highways in the US and Canada. It was developed by GM and could get approval for its Ultra version this year, which will push it to be used on the rest of America’s roads, not just expressways. There, the hands-free driving experience will be complete and “door to door”.

in just one hour infobae At the forefront of this experience was everything that would normally happen while driving: braking (usually not abruptly as the system tries to avoid it), successful acceleration after a stop in traffic, overtaking (before doing so). You have to warn (blink) and even something akin to a tense moment where a tractor-trailer spun unexpectedly and unintentionally and the system immediately stopped braking and slowing down.

As noted, there is a hands-free driver assistance system for Super Cruise supported routes. It doesn’t drive a whole lot, they clarify at GM:”It does not cover all aspects of driving nor does it do everything a driver can do. Allows the driver to drive hands-free when driving conditions on supported routes allow the feature to be available; But the driver still needs full attention. They should always be careful while driving and not using wearable devices, for example, even when using assistive technology.”

It uses a network of GPS sensors, high-precision maps and cameras to maintain automatic control of the vehicle’s direction. “GPS uses real-time map data and corrections to determine vehicle location, while the detection camera automatically detects lane markings to help the vehicle steer and maintain lane position, GM explains.

The system was inaugurated by GM’s super luxury brand Cadillac, but it is already in other models of this iconic group of cars in the US and around the world. By 2023, more than 20 new ones will be added to the semi-autonomous platform, including the Chevrolet Bolt EUV, the electric SUV that will arrive in the country next year and the company’s first “plug-in” in the country. Of course, for the time being you’ll get off without a “hands-free” spell.

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