Rashed Haq
Coverage of Rashed Haq in the Nexus archive.
- GM wants to crack self-driving for the masses, and it's hiring talent from rivals to do it
General Motors is accelerating its development of self-driving technology for personal cars by hiring talent from competitors like Tesla, Waymo, and Cruise. The company aims to achieve eyes-off highway driving in the Cadillac Escalade IQ by 2028 and has doubled external hiring efforts since 2025 to build its autonomy team.
- A billion miles in less than a decade: GM's Super Cruise reaches a milestone
General Motors' Super Cruise hands-free driving system, introduced in 2017, has reached one billion driven miles across 750,000 vehicles in the US and Canada. The system uses geofencing, lidar-scanned highways, and a driver-facing infrared camera to ensure safety. GM reports a 40% renewal rate for Super Cruise, with Rashed Haq, GM's VP of autonomous vehicles, comparing its user retention to a 'toothbrush test' due to high customer loyalty.