Cruise, the autonomous vehicle unit of General Motors, has admitted to submitting a false report with the goal of influencing a federal investigation into a safety incident last year. In penance, the company will pay a $500,000 criminal fine as part of a deferred prosecution agreement, per the Department of Justice (DOJ). This is one of several state and federal fines Cruise has been hit with after omitting crucial information related to that October incident, during which a Cruise robotaxi ran over a pedes ...