Cruise tries to settle California crash probe with regulators for $75,000

According to this site’s news on January 7, Cruise, a self-driving taxi company owned by General Motors, proposed to pay US$75,000 (this site’s note: currently about 537,000 yuan) to solve the problem of California regulators concealing its self-driving car crash. Investigation into the pedestrian case.

On October 2 last year, a pedestrian was hit by a car on the road and unfortunately fell on the Cruise driveway. The approaching Cruise self-driving test vehicle was dragged for nearly 6 meters. This incident attracted the attention of a large number of Americans. Later, California suspended its testing license and Cruise halted all U.S. testing programs.

In December, the California Public Utilities Commission ordered Cruise to attend a hearing on February 6 this year, saying it "negligently" misled the commission about the seriousness of the accident, and in discussions with the agency "Misleading public comments" in the interaction.

It is worth mentioning that Cruise has fired nine executives, including the CEO and chief legal and policy officer, over the incident and requested that the hearing be postponed to seek alternative dispute resolution. Additionally, Cruise said in December it would cut 24% of its workforce, affecting 900 of its 3,800 employees.

Cruise said in a filing on Friday that the investigation is expected to be completed by February 6, at which time its findings will be made public.

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