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Waymo Recalling Over 3,700 Robotaxis After Vehicle Tried To Drive In Flooded Lane
Waymo said the defect could send vehicles through standing water on higher-speed roads, and it is developing a software fix and weather restrictions.
- On Tuesday, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration announced Waymo is recalling 3,791 driverless cars equipped with 5th and 6th generation automated driving systems over a software issue that could cause vehicles to drive through flooded roadways.
- The recall follows an April 20 incident in San Antonio where an empty Waymo vehicle encountered a flooded lane on a 40 mile per hour highway and 'detected potentially untraversable flood water' but proceeded through it anyway.
- Waymo spokesperson Chris Bonelli stated the company 'identified an area of improvement regarding untraversable flooded lanes specific to higher-speed roadways,' and implemented interim measures including refining 'extreme weather operations' and restricting access to flood-prone areas.
- Separately, Waymo faces a distinct NHTSA investigation regarding a January incident in Santa Monica, California, where an autonomous vehicle struck a child near an elementary school, braking to six miles per hour before contact.
- Meanwhile, Tesla is expanding its Robotaxi operations in Texas with over 20 unsupervised units in Austin and three each in Houston and Dallas, as Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi described the self-driving sector as a 'trillion-dollar' total addressable market.
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Waymo recalls over 3,500 vehicles after robotaxi entered flooded Texas road, company says
After one of its robotaxis entered a flooded lane in San Antonio during extreme weather, Waymo said it was issuing a voluntary recall of software related to flooded roadways.
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