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General Motors said Tuesday it is cutting spending by about $1 billion on troubled robotaxi unit Cruise in 2024, but said it remains committed to the self-driving project. Last week,...

DETROIT (Reuters) -General Motors said Tuesday it is cutting spending by about $1 billion on troubled robotaxi unit Cruise in 2024, but said it remains committed to the self-driving project. Last week, Cruise disclosed probes by the U.S. Justice Department and the Securities and Exchange Commission stemming from an Oct. 2 accident in San Francisco in which one of its robotaxis struck a pedestrian and dragged her 20 feet (6.1 m). Cruise and GM came under heavy criticism after the accident, and ...

General Motors is halving spending on its driverless robotaxi unit Cruise amid investigations into the unit after an October accident involving a pedestrian.

After a Cruise vehicle dragged a woman 20 feet, a bad internet connection obscured details for government officials.

The City of San Francisco is suing California regulators over their decision to allow Waymo to increase its...

The company also promises to improve its reporting of collisions and accidents involving self-driving taxis.

General Motors' robotaxi unit Cruise is offering to settle an investigation by a California regulator of the company's failure to disclose details about a pedestrian-involved accident.

General Motors' Cruise offered $75,000 on Friday to settle a California regulator's investigation following an incident that resulted in a pedestrian being dragged by one of its self-driving vehicles.According to Fox Business, GM's autonomous taxi service unit proposed a settlement offer to resolve ...

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.

Gm Cruise: 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.