Cruise · robotaxi
Cruise AV
Chevrolet Bolt EV
Modified Chevrolet Bolt EVs, built in three generations, the later ones at GM's Orion plant. They ran Cruise's robotaxi service until a pedestrian-drag crash led California to suspend its permits.
- Price
- —service only, not sold
- Autonomy
- Level 4No driver needed in its area
- Driverless
- In serviceSince 2020-12
- Fleet
- ~100Reported; details below
- Speed
- —Not published
- Range
- —Not published
Why it matters
Won the first California approval to charge fares for driverless robotaxi rides, in San Francisco in June 2022.
Real-world use
Driverless testing in San Francisco from December 2020 and public rides from February 2022; expanded to Phoenix and Austin before all driverless work stopped in October 2023 and GM ended the programme in December 2024.
Timeline
- First shown
- 2016
- Released
- 2022-06
Maker
CruiseCompanyHow it drives
Fleet and city figures move fast; each carries its date and who reported it.
- Driverless status
- Driverless in service
- Where it runs
- San Francisco, Phoenix, Austin (ended 2023); testing in other US cities
- Driverless since
- 2020-12
- Fleet
- about 100 robotaxis in San Francisco (September 2022); recall covered 950 vehicles (November 2023)
- SAE level
- Level 4: drives itself with no one at the controls inside its approved area
Public attention
A historic robot: no longer sold or in use, so it is not ranked against current vehicles.
- No Wikipedia article of its own yet
- No recent press stories listed yet
Measures how much people read and write about a robot, not how good it is. Measured 2026-10-13; same method for every robot. How it is measured
What’s inside
No component details published yet.
- Movement
- Wheeled base
- How it runs
- Fully autonomous. Does its job with nobody at the controls.
Lineage
Every Cruise (General Motors) vehicle in order.
Made, sold and where
No production or sales figures published yet.
- Price
- Not publishedservice only, not sold
- How to get one
- No official buying page found
Side by side with its peers
Picked by the same rules for every robot: another maker’s robot that moves the same way, is at the same stage and does at least one of the same main jobs, first shown within two years. Closer size and price rank higher. How we choose
| Measure | Cruise AV (Chevrolet Bolt EV)Cruise (General Motors) |  nuTonomy robotaxi (Renault Zoe / Mitsubishi i-MiEV)nuTonomySame job: ride-hail · Both on wheels · Both past robots |  Uber ATG self-driving Ford Fusion HybridUber Advanced Technologies GroupSame job: ride-hail · Both on wheels · Both past robots |  Waymo Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid (4th-gen Waymo Driver)Waymo with Fiat Chrysler AutomobilesSame job: ride-hail · Both on wheels · Both past robots |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First shown | 2016 | 2016-08 | 2016-09 | 2016-12 |
| Status | Retired | Retired | Retired | Retired |
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| Joints | — | — | — | — |
| Speed | — | — | — | — |
| Payload | — | — | — | — |
| Battery | — | — | — | — |
| Price | — | — | — | — |
Sources
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