# Cruise AV (Chevrolet Bolt) at Austin: deployment

Canonical ID: `74369c9e-700d-49b1-b962-d415d13d7427`

Cruise offered paid driverless robotaxi rides in central Austin, bookable in the Cruise app, from December 2022. Service stopped in the October 2023 nationwide pause and never resumed; Cruise confirmed in a February 2025 letter to users that it would not relaunch its ridehail service. The pilot did not convert.

**Trust tier:** Catalog entry · 2 sources · not yet field-verified

_Last updated: 2026-07-09_

- **Slug:** cruise-austin
- **Status:** ended
- **Model:** [Cruise AV (Chevrolet Bolt)](/models/cruise-av.md) (id: `dfa7309e-7258-4202-8902-3b6abf10533c`)
- **Company:** [Cruise](/companies/cruise.md) (id: `ce8ff680-3fe7-4398-b31b-f85dc3073f3a`)
- **Location:** [Austin](/locations/united-states/texas/austin.md) (id: `1220c8d4-4aaf-45b2-80dc-ba28b580bd42`)

## Verification log (0, append-only)

_No verifications recorded._

## Sources (2)

1. **Cruise soft-launches robotaxi rides in Phoenix and Austin** · https://techcrunch.com/2022/12/20/cruise-soft-launches-robotaxi-rides-in-phoenix-and-austin/ · 2022-12-20
2. **No more Cruise robotaxis** · https://www.fox7austin.com/news/no-more-cruise-robotaxis-general-motors-acquisition · 2025-02-04

## Common questions

### What is the Cruise AV (Chevrolet Bolt) deployment at Austin?

Cruise AV (Chevrolet Bolt), built by Cruise, is recorded as a deployment at Austin on the DEPLOY registry. Cruise operates the deployment directly.

### Who operates Cruise AV (Chevrolet Bolt) at Austin?

Cruise, the manufacturer of Cruise AV (Chevrolet Bolt), operates this deployment directly. This is a maker-deploys-its-own-product arrangement rather than a customer pilot.

### Is the Cruise AV (Chevrolet Bolt) deployment at Austin still active?

As of the most recent verification on the DEPLOY registry, this deployment is no longer operating at this location.

### Have there been incidents at the Cruise AV (Chevrolet Bolt) deployment at Austin?

No active incidents affecting this deployment are recorded on the DEPLOY registry. Absence of recorded incidents is not a guarantee no incident occurred; DEPLOY records only sourced incidents and suppresses retracted ones.


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