# Cruise AV (Chevrolet Bolt) at Houston: deployment

Canonical ID: `752b5aea-3034-4b7b-ae1b-9ed85c68956a`

Cruise opened paid driverless robotaxi service in Houston on October 12, 2023, covering roughly 11 square miles nightly. It was shut down 14 days later in the October 26, 2023 nationwide pause and never resumed. The pilot did not convert.

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

_Last updated: 2026-07-09_

- **Slug:** cruise-houston
- **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:** [Houston](/locations/united-states/texas/houston.md) (id: `360f0034-a348-409b-b804-fdbf8b23794b`)

## Verification log (0, append-only)

_No verifications recorded._

## Sources (2)

1. **Cruise opens robotaxi service in Houston** · https://techcrunch.com/2023/10/12/cruise-opens-robotaxi-service-in-houston/ · 2023-10-12
2. **Cruise pauses all driverless robotaxi operations** · https://techcrunch.com/2023/10/26/cruise-pauses-all-driverless-robotaxi-operations-to-rebuild-public-trust/ · 2023-10-26

## Common questions

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

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

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

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 Houston 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 Houston?

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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