Federal regulators on Monday announced they had Cruise pay a $1.5 million penalty for withholding details in reports following an accident nearly a year ago in which one of the company’s self-driving cars pinned and dragged a woman nearly 20 feet at a San Francisco intersection.
The National Highway Transportation Safety Administration consent order dated to Sept. 26 requires the General Motors subsidiary to submit a corrective action plan, which must include summaries on any software update made to the company’s automatic driving system, as well as any reports on citations or observed violations of traffic laws. Federal regulators also ordered Cruise to include the number of vehicles operating in its reports, in addition to the number of miles driven and whether or not the vehicles have a driver.
Steve Kenner, Cruise’s chief safety officer , said in a statement that “our agreement with NHTSA is a step forward in a new chapter for Cruise, building on our progress under new leadership, improved processes and culture and a firm commitment to greater transparency with our regulators.”…