# Cruise AV (Chevrolet Bolt)

Manufacturer: [Cruise](/companies/cruise)  
Category: av

## Summary

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.

## Top line

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

## Readiness

- **Availability** (discontinued): Discontinued.
- **Price honesty** (no-price): No price points on file for Cruise AV (Chevrolet Bolt).
- **Capability honesty** (no-claims): No reviewed capability claims on file for Cruise AV (Chevrolet Bolt).
- **Real-world use** (commercial): Maturity: commercial. 1 verified deployment in the registry.
- **Safety record** (incidents-on-file): 4 incidents on record across 1 verified deployment.

## What it claims to do

_No reviewed capability claims on file._

## Price

_No reviewed price points on file._

## Real-world use

- [San Francisco](/deployments/cruise-sf), first seen 2021-11-01

## Safety record

- [Cruise admits a false report to a federal investigation; $500K DOJ deferred-prosecution agreement](/incidents/cruise-doj-dpa-false-report-2024), 2024-11-14
- [NHTSA fines Cruise $1.5M for failing to fully report the Oct 2023 pedestrian-dragging crash](/incidents/cruise-nhtsa-consent-order-2024), 2024-09-30
- [Cruise recalls its entire 1,194-vehicle fleet over unexpected hard braking](/incidents/cruise-fleet-braking-recall-2024), 2024-08-22
- [Cruise robotaxi collided with an SF fire truck responding to an emergency; one passenger injured](/incidents/cruise-sf-firetruck-collision-2023), 2023-08-17

## 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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cruise_(autonomous_vehicle))._

### 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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cruise_(autonomous_vehicle))._

### 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](/incidents/cruise-doj-dpa-false-report-2024)._

### 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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cruise_(autonomous_vehicle))._

## Manufacturer

- [Cruise (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cruise_(autonomous_vehicle))](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cruise_(autonomous_vehicle))

## Compared to

- [Didi Robotaxi](/consumer/models/didi-robotaxi)
- [Waymo Driver 6th-gen](/consumer/models/waymo-driver-gen6)
- [Robotaxi GXR](/consumer/models/weride-gxr)

## 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)) · 2026-01-01
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)

_Canonical: https://deploy.report/models/cruise-av_