GM Cruise's board is reviewing company's actions in face of safety investigation

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The board of Cruise, the robo-taxi company, has hired a law firm and technology consultants after an accident and suspension of all driverless operations

, has hired an outside law firm and technology consultants in the aftermath of an accident that led it to suspend all

Cruise's board has hired law firm Quinn Emanuel to review Cruise management's responses to regulators investigating the Oct. 2 accident, and technology consultancy Exponent to review Cruise's technology. The Cruise board's actions were first reported Friday by the New York Times.

Federal and state safety regulators are investigating a series of accidents involving driverless Cruise vehicles. California regulators suspended the company's license to operate driverless vehicles last month, saying the self-driving vehicles were a risk to the public. California regulators said Cruise officials had misrepresented information about an accident in which a Cruise car struck a pedestrian after she had been hit by a vehicle operated by a human driver. It came to light that the Cruise vehicle, in following its programming to pull over after an accident, thenCruise said last week it would pause all driverless operations"while we take time to examine our processes, systems, and tools.

Barra said last week GM would disclose more about its plans for Cruise later this year, and told analysts"rest assured, we do have funding plans that will support Cruise's expansion."

 

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