General Motors set to launch 'hands-free driving' feature by 2016

General Motors has revealed plan of launching 'Super Cruise' feature in their cars, which will keep vehicles in a specific lane while making necessary steering and speed adjustments, in 2016.

GM CEO Mary Barra said that the self-driving technology can help relieve driver stress as it incorporates hands-free driving and Wi-Fi-enabled vehicle-to-vehicle communications to exchange traffic information with similarly equipped vehicles, and added that they plan to introduce Cadillac models in two years, CNET reported.

The 'Super Cruise' semi-automated technology will automatically keep a vehicle in a specific, properly equipped freeway lane, making necessary steering and speed adjustments in bumper-to-bumper traffic or long highway trips.

 

At the Intelligent Transport Systems World Congress in Detroit, Barra revealed that the feature, unveiled in 2012, is expected to debut in a high-end Cadillac in 2016 on a 2017 model and will eventually extent to other GM brands.