US EditionWaymo Halts Service in San Francisco as Cars Stall at Intersections
Waymo paused its robotaxi service after a substation fire caused a power outage affecting 130,000 customers and left vehicles stranded, worsening city traffic congestion.
- Waymo has suspended its driverless ride-hailing service in San Francisco due to power outages that affected over 130,000 customers.
- Videos showed multiple Waymo vehicles stalled in traffic during the outages, which were caused by a fire at a substation.
- Tesla's local ride-hailing service requires a human driver, and the company has not obtained permits for driverless operation in California.
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The weekend blackout in San Francisco brought an unprecedented sight. Dozens of Waymo's fully autonomous taxis stopped in response to broken traffic lights, clogging the streets.
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Dark streets and traffic lights, robotaxis, clogging the intersections: what happened in San Francisco after a power outage reminded you of a dystopian Hollywood movie.
Waymo's robotaxis froze when San Francisco's traffic lights went dark
Among the most visible signs of the disruption were the clusters of Waymo's white Jaguar I-Pace robotaxis idling motionless at intersections. The company, which operates more than 800 autonomous vehicles in the Bay Area, suspended ride-hailing operations temporarily as parts of the city's infrastructure went offline.Read Entire Article
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The Straits TimesWaymo restarts robotaxis after San Francisco power outage paralysed fleet
The company said its cars are programmed to treat non-functioning traffic lights as stop signs, but the scale of the outage caused vehicles to remain stopped longer than usual.
Waymo restarts robotaxis after power outage paralyzed fleet
SAN FRANCISCO, United States — Waymo announced Monday that it had relaunched its robotaxi service in San Francisco. This was after parts of its fleet became paralyzed at intersections during a massive power outage over the weekend. The subsidiary of Google-parent Alphabet had to suspend operations Saturday evening when a fire at an electrical station left about a third of the city without power. Waymo’s white Jaguars, equipped with cameras and s…
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