Cruise says hostility toward regulators led to grounding of its self-driving cars

A law firm review found executives failed to fully explain an October crash the ministry said of Justice is also investigating.

Cruise, the General Motors subsidiary specializing in driverless cars, said in a report Thursday that a contradictory approach taken by its top leaders towards regulators had led to a cascade of events that resulted in a nationwide suspension of Cruise's fleet. and investigations by California and federal authorities, including the Department of Justice.

The approximately 100-page report was compiled by a law firm that Cruise and G.M. hired to determine whether Cruise executives misled California regulators about an October crash in San Francisco in which one of its vehicles dragged a woman 20 feet. The review found that while leaders did not intentionally mislead state officials, they failed to explain key details of the incident.

During meetings with regulators, managers broadcast a video. The details of the accident "speak for themselves" rather than fully explaining how one of its vehicles - part of Cruise's self-driving taxi service in the city - seriously injured the pedestrian. Executives then focused on protecting Cruise's reputation rather than giving a full account of the incident to the public and media, according to the report by law firm Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan. p>

Cruise also said the Justice Department and Securities and Exchange Commission, along with state agencies and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, are investigating how they had handled the incident.

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