Yes, in places

02Track record

What has actually happened

Every milestone is dated and links to the page it comes from. Lines marked company-reported rest on the maker's own word.

03Safety and incidents

2 Oct 2023
A Cruise robotaxi ended up on top of a woman who had first been hit by another car. She was trapped underneath it. TechCrunch, 24 Oct 2023
Oct 2023
The US road-safety agency NHTSA opened an investigation into Cruise's self-driving system after several incidents with pedestrians. TechCrunch, 24 Oct 2023
2024
NHTSA fined Cruise $1.5 million. TechCrunch, 15 Nov 2024

How we placed it

Stages are worked out by published rules from the dated milestones above. We never rate robots, and no maker can pay to change a stage.

5
Regulator-cleared or mass marketThis robot
A regulator has cleared it where approval applies: FDA clearance or approval for a medical robot, a permit to run with no one aboard for a self-driving vehicle, or an FAA approval for routine drone flights. Or: Widely sold: sales in the hundreds of thousands, or a product category you can buy in ordinary shops.
Placed by: California's utilities regulator (CPUC) let Cruise and Waymo charge fares for driverless rides at any hour across San Francisco (Aug 2023).
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Paying customers
Delivered to customers who pay for it, beyond a trial, or a paid service the public can use.
3
Pilot
Working with a named customer in a real setting, as a trial.
2
Pre-orders
Orders, reservations or deposits taken, with nothing delivered yet.
1
Demo only
Shown in videos, staged events or a factory, with no units working for customers.

What we couldn't confirm. The robotaxi service no longer runs. The exact month of the NHTSA $1.5 million fine was not confirmed (listed as 2024).

Sources

Cite this page

Robotics Verdict. “Cruise (General Motors (Cruise)): how far has it got?” roboticsverdict.com/robots/cruise. Checked 19 October 2026.