General Motors on Wednesday announced a cutting-edge upgrade to its inbound highway driver-assistance technology. In 2028, GM will add eyes-off highway driving to its bag of tricks, starting with the full-electric Escalade IQ SUV.
Underpinning GM’s yet-unnamed eyes-off system will be a new and more powerful centralized computing platform that will also debut on the Escalade IQ in 2028. The new digital backbone will be fully integrated into every vehicle system, boast 1,000 times more bandwidth to process all of the data it’ll have to ingest and “up to 35 times more AI performance for autonomy and advanced features.” GM says the system will be capable of learning and continuously improving long after the vehicle leaves the showroom floor and will have 10 times more capacity to receive over-the-air software updates.
