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Cruise AV (Chevrolet Bolt) vs Waymo Driver (6th gen) in 2026

Comparing 2 humanoid robots across availability, pricing, capabilities, and verified deployments. Current as of 2026.

Key differences

On DEPLOY's record, Waymo Driver (6th gen) has more verified real-world deployments (29 versus 6) than Cruise AV (Chevrolet Bolt) as of 2026; DEPLOY counts a deployment only when confirmed at a named site with a primary source.

Waymo Driver (6th gen) has more verified real-world deployments (29 vs 6).

Attribute	Cruise AV (Chevrolet Bolt)View full model page →	Waymo Driver (6th gen)View full model page →
Manufacturer	Cruise	Waymo
Form factor	av	av
Maturity	commercial	commercial
Autonomy	✓ 1 verified autonomous	✓ 1 verified autonomous
Availability	discontinueddiscontinued	internal-onlyenterprise
Price	Not announced	$10-$20 (actual sale price)
Capability claims	Transports passengers (autonomous, verified)	Transports passengers (autonomous, verified)
Brain	—	Waymo Driver (foundation-model)
Verified deployments	6	29
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
Sources on file	21	77

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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.

Common questions

How do Cruise AV (Chevrolet Bolt) and Waymo Driver (6th gen) differ?

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

Cruise AV (Chevrolet Bolt) and Waymo Driver (6th gen) are both 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.

Is Cruise AV (Chevrolet Bolt) or Waymo Driver (6th gen) more autonomous?

Cruise AV (Chevrolet Bolt) and Waymo Driver (6th gen) have a comparable number of capabilities independently verified as autonomous on the DEPLOY registry. The table shows each capability's verified-vs-claimed status.

Which has more verified deployments, Cruise AV (Chevrolet Bolt) or Waymo Driver (6th gen)?

Waymo Driver (6th gen) has more verified deployments (29) on the DEPLOY registry than Cruise AV (Chevrolet Bolt) (6). DEPLOY counts a deployment only when confirmed at a named site with a primary source.

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
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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