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Cruise Origin at San Francisco

Cruise Origin was GM Cruise's purpose-built autonomous shuttle: no steering wheel or pedals, with campfire-style bench seating for up to six passengers, designed exclusively for driverless commercial robotaxi service. Production was paused in November 2023 after Cruise's San Francisco operational suspension following a pedestrian injury incident.

GM officially cancelled the Origin program in July 2024, recording a $583M non-cash write-off, and redirected Cruise toward an autonomous variant of the Chevrolet Bolt personal vehicle.

Cruise Origin by Cruise · Catalog entry · 1 source · not yet field-verified · Robotaxis

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Cruise robotaxi service operated in San Francisco before October 2023 suspension following pedestrian dragging incident. GM paused operations nationwide.

Exposure

Customer segment
logistics
Scale tier
mass 100 999

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Safety record

No incidents on record for Cruise Origin at San Francisco.

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Trust tier
Catalog entry · 1 source · not yet field-verifiedhow tiers work →
Last updated
2026-08-21
Model
Cruise Origin
Company
Cruise
Location
United States/California/San Francisco
Operator
Cruise
Status
paused
Operator type
maker operated
Scale at site
100+ units
Site environment
outdoor
Location precision
verified coordinates
First seen
2022-06-01
ID
6c240662-982f-41a5-91a2-32f89d12b409

Timeline

  1. Jun 2022
    First recorded
    Cruise Origin first documented operating at San Francisco.
  2. Aug 2026
    Current status: paused, reviewed
    Latest recorded state. New status transitions append here as the deployment-status recorder produces them.

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Sources (1)

  1. Cruise: Wikipedia · https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cruise_(autonomous_vehicle) · 2022-06-01
Methodology: Verified · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-21

Verification posture

Verified

Low confidence

Review state

Stable

Last reviewed 2026-08-21

Maturity + lifecycle

Maturity stage: pilot

Lifecycle: discontinued

Architectural position

Cohort: av

Sources by quality tier

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Methodology surface for Cruise Origin at San Francisco.

Common questions

What is the Cruise Origin deployment at San Francisco?
Cruise Origin, built by Cruise, is recorded as a deployment at San Francisco on the DEPLOY registry. Cruise operates the deployment directly.
Who operates Cruise Origin at San Francisco?
Cruise, the manufacturer of Cruise Origin, operates this deployment directly. This is a maker-deploys-its-own-product arrangement rather than a customer pilot.
When did the Cruise Origin deployment at San Francisco go live?
The deployment is recorded as starting June 1, 2022 on the DEPLOY registry. Earlier activity may exist but is not yet sourced.
Is the Cruise Origin deployment at San Francisco still active?
As of the most recent verification on the DEPLOY registry, this deployment is paused (operations temporarily halted).
Have there been incidents at the Cruise Origin deployment at San Francisco?
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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