GM Begins Supervised Road Tests of Next-Gen Self-Driving System

Overview

• GM has started on-road testing of its new AI driving system with trained safety drivers in public traffic, beginning with limited-access highways in California and Michigan.
• About 200 prototype vehicles are slated for the trial, which uses cameras, radar, and lidar tied to a new central computer, with turquoise lights to signal when the car is driving itself.
• The development effort draws on more than one million miles of data gathered across 34 states and folds in Cruise’s past autonomous driving experience to train and validate the system.
• GM says the current road tests will feed real-world data back into simulation and track testing, aiming to speed fixes and harden the software for wider use.
• Building on Super Cruise—GM’s hands-free system with over 5 million miles across 20-plus models—the company plans an eyes-off highway feature debuting on the Cadillac Escalade IQ in 2028 before expanding to more vehicles.