Cruise, the autonomous vehicle unit of General Motors, has admitted to submitting a false report with the goal of influencing a federal investigation into

Cruise has agreed to pay a $500,000 fine for submitting a false report to federal regulators following an accident over 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.

Cruise, General Motors’ self-driving car division, will pay an additional $500,000 fine for submitting a false report about an October 2023 accident where

Cruise agreed to pay a $500,000 settlement in a federal court for providing a false record of a crash involving a pedestrian, with “the intent to impede, obstruct, or influence the investigation.” In October 2023, a human-driven car struck a San Francisco pedestrian and sent her body into the path of Cruise's autonomous vehicle.

General Motors' self-driving car unit, Cruise, admitted on Thursday to submitting a false report to influence a federal investigation and will pay a $500,000 criminal fine as part of a deferred prosecution agreement,

Cruise, the San Francisco self-driving car company, agreed to pay a criminal penalty of $500,000 for hiding information about the October 2023 pedestrian crash.

Autonomous driving company Cruise has agreed to pay a $500,000 fine after it admitted to covering up a crash that happened in San Francisco last year, the United States Department of Justice announced.