Waymo Robotaxis Stalled Amid Massive San Francisco Blackout

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Waymo temporarily suspended its robotaxi service in San Francisco after a citywide power outage left numerous vehicles stalled at intersections.

Photos and videos on social media showed robotaxis immobilized, creating gridlock as human drivers navigated around them.

The blackout, caused by a PG&E substation fire, affected around 120,000 customers and disabled many traffic lights.

Waymo’s self-driving systems are designed to treat non-functioning lights as four-way stops, but the scale of the outage caused some cars to remain stationary longer than usual.

A Waymo spokesperson confirmed that most trips were completed successfully and the company is integrating lessons learned to improve performance during citywide infrastructure failures.

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wonder when we will this kind of technology in EU