TECH - General Motors' Cruise In Hot Water Over Alleged Misrepresentation Of San Francisco AV Accident | Benzinga
General Motors Co‘s (NYSE:GM) self-driving unit Cruise might be fined and faced with other sanctions over alleged failure to disclose details of the pedestrian injury incident a Cruise autonomous vehicle was involved in on Oct. 2.
What Happened: California Public Utilities Commission administrative law judge and a commissioner ordered Cruise to appear at a Feb. 6 hearing and show cause as to why it should not be fined or sanctioned by the commission. The commission alleges that Cruise failed to provide ‘complete information’ and made ‘misleading public comments’ regarding the accident which occurred in San Francisco on Oct. 2.
In the incident, a human-driven vehicle traveling adjacent to a Cruise AV collided with a pedestrian, sending the pedestrian across the vehicle and onto the ground in the path of the AV. The AV made contact with a pedestrian and pulled them forward by ...