Deployment
Cruise Origin at San Francisco, California, USA
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 · Unverified
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /deployments/cruise-origin-san-francisco-california-usa.md
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/robots/6c240662-982f-41a5-91a2-32f89d12b409
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Cruise robotaxi service operated in San Francisco before October 2023 suspension following pedestrian dragging incident. GM paused operations nationwide.
Safety record
No incidents on record for Cruise Origin at San Francisco, California, USA.
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
- Trust tier
- Unverified
- Last updated
- 2026-07-08
- Model
- Cruise Origin
- Company
- Cruise
- Location
- San Francisco, California, USA
- Status
- paused
- First seen
- 2022-06-01
- ID
6c240662-982f-41a5-91a2-32f89d12b409
Sources (1)
- Cruise: Wikipedia · https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cruise_(autonomous_vehicle) · 2022-06-01
Methodology: Unreviewed · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-07-08
Verification posture
Unreviewed
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-07-08
Maturity + lifecycle
Maturity stage: pilot
Lifecycle: discontinued
Architectural position
Cohort: av
Sources by quality tier
- 1
- knowledge-base
- Knowledge base
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Cruise Origin at San Francisco, California, USA.Common questions
- What is the Cruise Origin deployment at San Francisco, California, USA?
- Cruise Origin, built by Cruise, is recorded as a deployment at San Francisco, California, USA on the DEPLOY registry. Cruise operates the deployment directly.
- Who operates Cruise Origin at San Francisco, California, USA?
- 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, California, USA 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, California, USA 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, California, USA?
- 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.
- Is Cruise Origin at San Francisco, California, USA safe?
- Cruise Origin at San Francisco, California, USA has no incidents on record in the DEPLOY registry. This does not constitute a safety guarantee; it reflects the incidents DEPLOY has tracked and verified to date.
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