Waymo appears to temporarily halt San Francisco service amid power outages

Waymo said it is making “temporary adjustments” to its robotics service in San Francisco amid a power outage that appears to have occurred It affected about 7,000 PG&E customers In the city.

According to the screenshot Posted on social mediaWaymo tells SF customers that service is “temporarily discontinued” and that “highway routes are unavailable.”

When TechCrunch reached out to the Alphabet-owned company for comment, a company spokesperson said in a statement: “We are making temporary adjustments to our service while we monitor local conditions. We know passengers are counting on us, and we will return to normal operations as soon as possible.”

This isn’t the first time a power outage has caused problems for Waymo. A number of Waymo vehicles It was parked on city streets during a power outage in DecemberA similar accident paralyzed traffic during a fireworks display on the Golden Gate Bridge on the Fourth of July.

As a result, San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie did just that He called for stricter state regulations “To address how autonomous vehicles operate appropriately during major incidents, whether planned or not.”