Topline
Cruise, the General Motors-owned robotaxi and self-driving car company, agreed to pay a $500,000 fine and admitted to submitting a false report after a pedestrian was dragged approximately 20 feet by one of its vehicles in San Francisco last year.
Key Facts
In a statement , the U.S. Attorney’s Office of the Northern District of California said Cruise was facing a criminal charge for providing a false report on the crash to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) “with the intent to impede, obstruct, or influence the investigation.”
The autonomous vehicle company will pay the $500,000 fine as part of a deferred prosecution agreement under which “Cruise admits and accepts responsibility for the charge.”
Besides the fine, Cruise has agreed to cooperate with government investigations, implement a safety compliance program and provide annual reports to the U.S. Attorney’s Office—for a three-year term…