RE: Wired SuperCruise article25 Nov 2019 20:11
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The standout is the driver attention system,” says Mario Maiorana, Super Cruise’s chief engineer. He’s referring to the infrared camera that sits on the steering wheel cowl, watching the driver’s head position and gaze. Look away from the road for more than a few seconds, and you get a buzz in your seat, plus visual and audio warnings to watch the road. Ignore those, and the system will shut itself off, throw on the hazard lights, and slow to a stop. Audi uses a similar setup in its Traffic Jam Pilot, but most competing systems, including Tesla’s, rely on a torque sensor in the wheel to verify the driver is paying attention, a setup easily defeated by a well-placed orange or habitually tapping the wheel without bothering to look at the road.
Super Cruise drivers—the system is available only on the CT6 sedan, and is moving to the CT5 sedan next year—have to trek to their dealer to get the software upgrade to take advantage of the newly added parts of the map. The process is free, and takes about an hour. After that, Cadillac will send out the updated maps via over-the-air software updates starting this summer and into the fall.