BlueCruise: When will Canada be fully mapped and usable?

[AZBill]

GM is a map focused philosophy, and while Ford is sensor focused

This statement is incorrrect. GM uses sensor fusion with cameras, radar and GPS/Lidar created maps. The camera is the main sensor used to find the lane lines. The main reason for maps is to meet the safety case for hands free driving (L2 ADAS), just as Ford does. Camera based systems use a perception algorithm and these algorithms have uncertainty, that is why there is a need for hands on, without the map data to provide a safety monitor. The driver is the short term safety monitor.

GM is implementing an additonal Lidar sensor on the MY 28 Escalade, and will allow not just hands off, but also eyes off at that time. Again, to do this the safety case is more stringent, thus the need for an addtional dissimilar sensor.

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[RickMachE]

We did a 5,461 mile drive to Canada in the Lightning. From Jamestown, ND to British Columbia we had no handsfree. Any divided road that has intersections won't let you do handsfree. It was quite noticeable, because my arthritic wrist hurt after that drive and with handsfree it would not.

 

[Telemachus]

The fact that the TRANS CANADA HIGHWAY is not fully mapped is just rediculous. My Blue Cruise will work perfectly fine on this not straight, narrow, dogleg of a road.

But can't figure out how to do this long straight divided highway is just silly.

 

[celestial_knight]

I drive both BC and SC, here are features that GM has that Ford does not:

- Hands free on any mapped highway, even with only two lanes
- Hands free in tunnels
- Hands free when towing
- Hands free on highway interchanges
- Moves over for cars merging from the on ramp of a highway
- Moves over for disabled or emergency vehicles on the highway shoulder
- When there is a merging of two lanes, it moves over ahead of time automatically
- When passing a car, if a faster vehicle approaches from behind, it speeds up to complete the pass and get out of the way
- The curve speed reduction is just right, versus the too conservative approach Ford has.
- The hands free roads are highlilghted on the navigation, so you can see when it will hand over control. For example, when approaching an intersection with a light or stop sign. Plus it posts a message to take control before the intersection.
- With MY 26 vehicles it can basically drive on ramp to off ramp with no driver intervention, following the navigation.

As far as perfomance the lane centering for SC is better than BC, much more solid and does not get lost when one line is missing.

I have a 23 Hummer EV with SC and a 26 Escalade IQ with SC, both are excellent as compared to the Mach E, which is average.

I do not really care about hands on as much as you do, but the hands on with the Escalade works as good as the hands on on the Mach E. I drive Phoenx to Vegas about twice a year, With my Hummer 93% of the trip is hands free. With the Mach E 24% is hands free. Big difference. And the 7% part includes areas with roundabouts, where hands on autosteer is not even safe to use

Old man,

you have an original edition Mach E; of course its Blue Cruise is bad

There is no ‘ping ponging’ or whatever with the 2025+ Mach Es. There is not even a comparison. In fact Ford Ceo made a point of that in a recent interview

Why would I care about hands free when GM has not mapped the local roads? You think I want to drive? Elon is right; I don’t want to drive, even with a fun car

And so the new Blue Cruise drives for me. Every single time I’m in the car (not like FSD, but still ) not some ‘twice a year’ road trip that the new Mach E can do hands on just like the Hyundais

GM has been hopeless in this regard. I cannot even consider GM until they remedy this. It remains to be seen how good the 2026 hands on implementation is

 

[celestial_knight]

If I wanted to go FSD I would go Tesla (and I might)

I would even go Hyundai before I would go GM, and Hyundai has no hands free whatsoever. Yet they have ‘Highway driving assist’

The new Blue Cruise hands on (newer Copilot) is as good as better than Hyundai on unmapped roads. Can almost drive everywhere

 

[AZBill]

Why would I care about hands free when GM has not mapped the local roads?

Yes, they have mapped some local roads, and more are coming this year. The green bar on the steering wheel indicates hands free. I drive this road almost every day.

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