Hands-free driving is no longer a concept-car promise; a handful of production vehicles sold today let a driver take their hands off the wheel on approved highways. Each system relies on cameras, radar, lidar or precise mapping to hold the vehicle centered, and each stays geofenced to divided highways where the tech has been validated. Here are nine vehicles built with hands-free highway systems drivers can buy right now.
1. Cadillac Escalade: Super Cruise Comes To Full-Size Luxury
Cadillac offers Super Cruise as an option on the 2023 through 2026 Escalade, GM’s flagship full-size SUV, and the system works only on compatible divided highways separated from oncoming traffic. It leans on forward cameras, real-time precise positioning and LiDAR-based map data built specifically for those roads, rather than generic GPS.
For a three-row SUV built for long family trips, that combination lets a driver’s hands leave the wheel for stretches of interstate while the system still tracks lane position and following distance. The trade-off is coverage: leave the mapped highway network and the driver is back to full manual control.
2. Cadillac Lyriq: Super Cruise Meets Long EV Range
Cadillac bundles Super Cruise hands-free driver assistance with a three-year OnStar One plan on the Lyriq, its dedicated electric SUV, and the tech works the same way it does across the brand: cameras and LiDAR map data hold the vehicle in its lane on mapped divided highways.
Range backs up the pitch: Cadillac rates the rear-drive Lyriq at an EPA-estimated 326 miles per charge, enough to make hands-free interstate stretches feel like a genuine road-trip feature rather than a short commuter perk. All-wheel-drive versions trade some of that range for quicker acceleration.
3. Chevrolet Silverado EV: Hands-Free Hauling With Fast Charging
Chevrolet offers Super Cruise hands-free driver assistance on the Silverado EV, a full-size electric pickup the brand estimates at up to 478 miles of range depending on trim, more than most gas trucks on a single tank. The Silverado EV’s 800-volt architecture is built for speed at the plug, not just range.
On a 350 kW DC fast charger, Chevrolet says the truck can add roughly 120 miles of range in about 10 minutes, cutting the downtime that once made electric trucks impractical for long tow or work routes. Pair that with hands-free highway stretches and the truck is pitched as a genuine long-haul replacement.
4. GMC Sierra EV: GMC’s Version Of The Same Freedom
GMC sells the Sierra EV, its electric full-size pickup, with Super Cruise and a three-year OnStar One plan included, giving drivers hands-free control on the same growing network of mapped divided highways Cadillac and Chevrolet use. The Sierra EV shares its underlying platform with the Silverado EV.
GMC markets the feature around the idea of freedom on long trips: hands off the wheel while the truck holds its lane and manages following distance on approved roads. As with every Super Cruise vehicle, a driver-facing camera keeps watch to confirm eyes stay on the road even when hands don’t touch the wheel.
5. Chevrolet Equinox EV: The Budget Entry Into Hands-Free
The Equinox EV is Chevrolet’s cheapest route into hands-free driving, offering Super Cruise as an option on a compact electric SUV priced well below the brand’s electric trucks and the Cadillac Escalade. Inside, a 17.7-inch touchscreen anchors the cabin, and the Equinox EV comes with a standard NACS charge port for access to Tesla’s Supercharger network.
That combination of an approachable price, a familiar plug standard and hands-free capability makes the Equinox EV the entry point for shoppers who want Super Cruise without paying for a full-size SUV or pickup. It’s aimed squarely at buyers cross-shopping mainstream electric crossovers rather than luxury models.
6. Ford Mustang Mach-E: The Model That Launched BlueCruise
Ford’s BlueCruise hands-off driving system now covers more than 130,000 miles of divided highway across North America, and the Mustang Mach-E, the brand’s electric crossover, was the model BlueCruise launched on. Cameras and radar track lane markings and surrounding traffic to keep the Mach-E centered while a driver-facing camera confirms attention.
Because it debuted the system, the Mach-E carries some of the most real-world BlueCruise mileage of any Ford, giving owners a mature version of hands-off driving on approved freeways rather than a first-year rollout. The system disengages automatically once the road, weather or traffic conditions fall outside its limits.
7. BMW 5 Series G60: A German Sedan Gets Highway Assistant
The current-generation BMW 5 Series, internally coded G60, offers Highway Assistant in markets where regulations permit it, including the United States, relieving the driver of steering duty on structurally divided highways. The system works at speeds up to 130 km/h, or about 81 mph, using a suite of cameras and radar to track the 5 Series’s position between lanes.
That speed ceiling puts BMW’s hands-free system ahead of most highway-only competitors limited to typical U.S. interstate speeds, though the driver must stay attentive and ready to retake control at any moment. BMW pairs the feature with the sedan’s broader driver-assistance suite, including automatic lane changes on compatible roads.
8. Nissan Ariya: Twin Screens Run ProPilot 2.0
Nissan’s more advanced ProPilot 2.0 system, available on select Ariya trims, allows hands-free driving under specific conditions on mapped highways, a step beyond the hands-on ProPilot Assist offered elsewhere in the lineup. The system is monitored and controlled through the Ariya’s twin 12.3-inch dashboard screens, which display navigation and system status together.
Because it’s limited to certain trims and specific road conditions, ProPilot 2.0 is narrower in scope than some rivals’ systems, but it still lets a driver’s hands leave the wheel on qualifying stretches of divided highway. Nissan pitches it as a comfort feature for longer commutes rather than a full self-driving replacement.
9. Rivian R1T: Cameras Watch The Road And The Driver
Rivian’s hands-free highway driving on the R1T electric pickup is handled by an array of 11 cameras, 12 ultrasonic sensors and 5 radars, with an additional cabin camera watching the driver’s eyes to confirm attention stays forward. The R1T uses that sensor suite to hold its lane on approved stretches of divided highway.
In practice, the system performs best on straight sections of road and asks the driver to retake the wheel through sharper corners, a limitation Rivian is expected to narrow as the software matures. Until then, hands-free operation on the R1T is best treated as a highway cruising aid rather than a hands-off solution for every mile.
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