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Cruise

GM-owned robotaxi company that ran driverless public and paid service in San Francisco from 2022. After a pedestrian-dragging incident, California suspended its permits on 2023-10-24 and Cruise paused all driverless operations nationwide. GM ended Cruise as a robotaxi business on 2024-12-10 and absorbed it fully in February 2025.

Headquarters
San Francisco, California
Parent
General Motors
Backers and partners
General Motors, SoftBank Vision Fund, Honda, Microsoft
Founded
2013
Vehicles
Chevrolet Bolt-based Cruise AV, Cruise Origin (not deployed commercially)
Technology
not published
Website
not published

Cities

Austin - EndedAustinPhoenix - EndedPhoenixSan Francisco - EndedSan Francisco

Timeline

  1. Austin: Ended - GM ended Cruise as a robotaxi business source
  2. Phoenix: Ended - GM ended Cruise as a robotaxi business source
  3. San Francisco: Ended - GM ended Cruise as a robotaxi business source
  4. San Francisco: Suspended - DMV suspended driverless permits; CPUC suspended revenue permit source
  5. Austin: Suspended - Driverless operations paused nationwide source
  6. Phoenix: Suspended - Driverless operations paused nationwide source
  7. San Francisco: Paid driverless service - CPUC approved 24/7 paid service citywide source
  8. San Francisco: Paid driverless service - First California driverless deployment permit allowed paid rides source
  9. San Francisco: Public driverless rides (free) - Driverless service opened to the public source
  10. San Francisco: Driverless rides for employees or invitees - DMV permit for driverless rides without safety drivers source
Profile sources (2)
  1. Cruise (autonomous vehicle) - Wikipedia, 10 Oct 2026
  2. Autonomous Vehicle Programs - CPUC, 10 Oct 2026

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