GM’s Cruise Must Battle Investors’ Driverless Vehicle Claims (1)

General Motors Co. subsidiary Cruise LLC must defend investor allegations it misrepresented its driverless cars’ autonomy before a robotaxi dragged a pedestrian 20 feet in 2023.

It’s plausible that Cruise and its cofounder intentionally misdirected investors after the accident “to cover up the truth” of the crash and its implications, said Judge Shalina D. Kumar for the US District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan.

But the GM investors failed to plead statements the cars were “fully driverless” reasonably misled them into believing there’s no human input, Kumar said as she partially granted automotive leaders’ motions to dismiss March ...