DEPLOY

Consumer model

Cruise AV (Chevrolet Bolt)

By Cruise · av

Price
—
Availability
Discontinued.
Maturity
commercial
Real-world use
Yes, 1 verified deployment

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.

Readiness

Cruise AV (Chevrolet Bolt) is discontinued, no capability claims are on file, 1 verified deployment is on file, and 4 incidents are on record.

Availability
discontinued

Discontinued.

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Price honesty
no-price

No price points on file for Cruise AV (Chevrolet Bolt).

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Capability honesty
no-claims

No reviewed capability claims on file for Cruise AV (Chevrolet Bolt).

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Real-world use
commercial

Maturity: commercial. 1 verified deployment in the registry.

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Safety record
incidents-on-file

4 incidents on record across 1 verified deployment.

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What it claims to do

No reviewed capability claims on file.

Price

No reviewed price points on file.

Real-world use

Safety record

Privacy

No privacy practices disclosed or on file for Cruise AV (Chevrolet Bolt).

Specs

No specs on file.

What's under the hood

No brain on file for Cruise AV (Chevrolet Bolt).

Frequently asked questions

Is the Cruise AV (Chevrolet Bolt) actually available for purchase?
Discontinued. No longer available for purchase.Source: Cruise — history, GM acquisition, Oct 2023 suspension, Dec 2024 GM defunding
What does the Cruise AV (Chevrolet Bolt) cost?
Not announced.
Where is the Cruise AV (Chevrolet Bolt) being used?
Cruise AV (Chevrolet Bolt) is in use at: San Francisco (2021-11-01).Source: Cruise — Sept 2021 CA DMV driverless permit, Nov 2021 first ride, Feb 2022 public, Oct 2023 suspension
Is the Cruise AV (Chevrolet Bolt) safe?
Incidents on record: 4 (2 regulatory_action, 1 recall, 1 collision). See Cruise admits a false report to a federal investigation; $500K DOJ deferred-prosecution agreement.Source: Cruise admits a false report to a federal investigation; $500K DOJ deferred-prosecution agreement
How does the Cruise AV (Chevrolet Bolt) handle privacy?
No privacy practices disclosed or on file for Cruise AV (Chevrolet Bolt).
Who makes the Cruise AV (Chevrolet Bolt)?
Cruise AV (Chevrolet Bolt) is made by Cruise.Source: Cruise — history, GM acquisition, Oct 2023 suspension, Dec 2024 GM defunding

Manufacturer

Cruise (registry record: /companies/cruise)

Compared to

Sources

  1. CBS — Chevrolet Bolt autonomous EV dragged pedestrian ~20 feet at ~7 mph · https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/nhtsa-robotaxi-cruise-pay-penalty-failing-report-san-francisco-crash-involving-pedestrian/ · 2024-11-12
  2. GM exits robotaxi market; halts funding of Cruise robotaxi development, folds unit in-house (Dec 10, 2024) · https://www.cnbc.com/2024/12/10/gm-halts-funding-of-robotaxi-development-by-cruise.html
  3. General Motors (SEC 8-K exhibit) - realigning autonomous strategy; ending Cruise robotaxi development (Dec 2024) · https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1467858/000119312524274336/d917047dex991.htm
  4. Cruise — history, GM acquisition, Oct 2023 suspension, Dec 2024 GM defunding · https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cruise_(autonomous_vehicle)
  5. GM axed Cruise funding Dec 2024 after major accident · https://www.chinatalk.media/p/ponyais-robotaxis-and-the-long-road · 2025-01-03
  6. Honda joins Cruise and GM: US$2.75B total commitment (US$750M equity investment + ~US$2B over 12 years) · https://global.honda/en/newsroom/news/2018/c181003eng.html · 2018-10-03
  7. CPUC pulls Cruise's robotaxi permit after DMV suspension (Oct 24, 2023) · https://techcrunch.com/2023/10/24/cpuc-pulls-cruise-robotaxi-permit-after-dmv-suspension/
  8. California DMV statement on the Cruise LLC permit suspension (Oct 2023) · https://www.dmv.ca.gov/portal/news-and-media/dmv-statement-on-cruise-llc-suspension/
  9. Two state agencies ground Cruise driverless cars for public safety (Oct 2023) · https://calmatters.org/economy/2023/10/driverless-cars-cruise-dmv/
  10. GM shuts its Cruise robotaxi unit (Dec 2024) · https://www.smartcitiesdive.com/news/general-motors-shuts-cruise-robotaxi-unit-mary-barra/735205/
  11. Cruise gets first California driverless deployment permit (charge fares) in SF · https://www.cnbc.com/2022/06/02/cruise-gets-green-light-for-commercial-robotaxis-in-san-francisco.html
  12. Cruise's driverless cars start giving rides to paying passengers in SF · https://techcrunch.com/2022/06/24/cruises-driverless-autonomous-cars-start-giving-rides-to-paying-passengers/
  13. CPUC approves Cruise + Waymo fared passenger service in SF (Aug 2023) · https://www.cpuc.ca.gov/news-and-updates/all-news/cpuc-approves-permits-for-cruise-and-waymo-to-charge-fares-for-passenger-service-in-sf-2023
  14. California DMV immediately suspends Cruise's robotaxi permit (Oct 2023 pedestrian-dragging) · https://techcrunch.com/2023/10/24/dmv-immediately-suspends-cruises-robotaxi-permit-in-california/
  15. California DMV suspends permits for Cruise driverless robotaxis · https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/cruise-llc-driverless-robotaxis-california-dmv-suspends-permits/
  16. GM to refocus autonomous driving on personal vehicles (Cruise robotaxi wind-down, Dec 2024) · https://news.gm.com/home.detail.html/Pages/news/us/en/2024/dec/1210-gm.html

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