Consumer comparison
Cruise AV (Chevrolet Bolt) vs Waymo Driver 6th-gen vs Zoox Robotaxi in 2026
Comparing 3 humanoid robots across availability, pricing, capabilities, and verified deployments. Current as of 2026.
| Attribute | Cruise AV (Chevrolet Bolt) |  Waymo Driver 6th-gen | Zoox Robotaxi |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manufacturer | Cruise | Waymo | Zoox |
| Form factor | av | av | av |
| Maturity | commercial | commercial | pilot |
| Availability | discontinueddiscontinued | internal-onlyenterprise | internal-onlyenterprise |
| Price | Not announced | Not announced | Not announced |
| Capability claims | — | — | — |
| Brain | — |
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| Verified deployments | 1San Francisco | 11 | 3 |
| Privacy practices | — | — | — |
| Sources on file | 10 | 61 | 24 |
Editorial summaries
Cruise AV (Chevrolet Bolt)
Cruise's driverless robotaxi, based on the Chevrolet Bolt EV, is the wound-down cautionary anchor of DEPLOY's robotaxi cluster. It operated without a human safety driver in San Francisco commercial service from 2023 until driverless operations ended after the October 2, 2023 pedestrian-dragging incident. (Cruise also developed the purpose-built, steering-wheel-free Origin, which was shelved.) In December 2024, GM defunded the Cruise robotaxi business, consolidated the unit in-house, and redirected the autonomous technology toward personal-vehicle advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS) rather than robotaxis, per a GM SEC 8-K. There is no consumer price, and the robotaxi program is discontinued: the commercial-era San Francisco deployment records are preserved as historical state, while the current direction is ADAS, not robotaxis.
Waymo Driver 6th-gen
The sixth-generation Waymo Driver is Waymo's autonomous-driving stack for fully autonomous robotaxi service, and the verified-commercial anchor of DEPLOY's robotaxi cluster. There is no consumer price: a Waymo is a ride service, not a vehicle sold to consumers. It integrates 13 cameras, 4 lidars, 6 radars, and external audio receivers with up to roughly 500m detection range, using 42% fewer sensors than the 5th-gen Jaguar I-PACE system, and runs on the purpose-built Zeekr RT (sold as the 'Ojai', no steering wheel or pedals) and the Hyundai IONIQ 5. It began fully autonomous commercial operations in February 2026. One verified-vs-claimed cap-flag: Waymo states a per-unit hardware cost target under $20,000 (a more-than-50% reduction from the 5th-gen system), but that is a stated manufacturing target, not a consumer price.
Zoox Robotaxi
Zoox's robotaxi (Zoox is an Amazon subsidiary) is a purpose-built, bidirectional autonomous vehicle built from the ground up with no steering wheel or pedals and carriage-style seating. There is no consumer price: it is a ride service, not a vehicle sold to consumers. The verified-vs-claimed nuance on its maturity: Zoox operates free public demonstration rides in San Francisco (SoMa) and Las Vegas (the Strip) and runs a separate fleet of retrofitted Toyota Highlanders (with human safety operators) for testing, but it is at pilot maturity: the public rides are free demonstrations, not yet an approved, launched, paid commercial service. It is the purpose-built-pilot point of the robotaxi spectrum, distinct from Waymo's verified-commercial service.
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