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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)View full model page →	Waymo Driver (6th gen)View full model page →	Zoox Robotaxi View full model page →
Manufacturer	Cruise	Waymo	Zoox
Form factor	av	av	av
Maturity	commercial	commercial	commercial
Autonomy	✓ 1 verified autonomous	✓ 1 verified autonomous	✓ 1 verified autonomous
Availability	discontinueddiscontinued	internal-onlyenterprise	internal-onlyenterprise
Price	Not announced	$10-$20 (actual sale price)	Not announced
Capability claims	Transports passengers (autonomous, verified)	Transports passengers (autonomous, verified)	Transports passengers (autonomous, verified)
Brain	—	Waymo Driver (foundation-model)	Zoox Driving System (foundation-model)
Verified deployments	6	29	19
Privacy practices	—	11capture-indicator, training-data-use, location-tracking, data-sale, training-data-use, location-tracking, capture-indicator, data-sale, third-party-sharing, data-retention, data-deletion-control	2third-party-sharing, training-data-use
Sources on file	21	77	43

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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.

Common questions

What is the difference between Cruise AV (Chevrolet Bolt), Waymo Driver (6th gen), and Zoox Robotaxi?

Cruise AV (Chevrolet Bolt), Waymo Driver (6th gen), and Zoox Robotaxi are all av robots on the DEPLOY registry. They differ in maker, maturity, price, verified deployments, and how much of their autonomy is independently verified. See the table above for the full head-to-head; each figure is sourced.

Recent coverage

Waymo eyes driverless rideshare expansion into Cincinnati, drawing skepticismWaymo Driver (6th gen) · FOX19 · 2026-09-02
Waymo racked up 8,300+ SF parking tickets and nearly $1M in finesWaymo Driver (6th gen) · electrek.co · 2026-09-02
Zoox Expands Robotaxi Testing to Houston and San DiegoZoox Robotaxi · Drive Tesla Canada · 2026-09-01
Zoox CEO backs tougher robotaxi rules after Las Vegas fire incidentZoox Robotaxi · Las Vegas Review-Journal · 2026-08-14
Toyota’s electric SUV clears 17,500 sales, outpacing the Land Cruiser and key EV rivalsCruise AV (Chevrolet Bolt) · Electrek · 2026-07-01

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