Reuters – GM robotaxi unit Cruise offers $75,000 to resolve crash probe
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Editors note: the judge has ruled that Cruise could be liable for $1.5m, so them just paying $75k would be quite inconsequential. See the Cruise filing asking for a $75k settlement for details.
Jan 5 (Reuters) – General Motors’ (GM.N) Cruise robotaxi unit offered on Friday to pay $75,000 to resolve an investigation by California regulators into its failure to disclose details of a pedestrian crash involving a self-driving car.
In December, the California Public Utilities Commission ordered Cruise to appear at a Feb. 6 hearing, citing it for misleading the commission “through omission” on the extent and seriousness of the accident and for “misleading public comments” on interactions with the agency.
Cruise, which has fired nine executives, including its chief operating officer and chief legal and policy officer, over the October crash, asked for the hearing to be deferred and sought an alternative mode of dispute resolution.
Cruise, which has retained law firm Quinn Emanuel to examine its response to the crash, said in a filing on Friday the investigation was expected to be completed with findings made public before Feb. 6. Cruise also offered to boost its reporting of collisions to the commission as part of its settlement offer.
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