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Waymo halted its robotaxi service in San Francisco on Saturday evening after a massive power outage left many of its vehicles stuck on city streets.
Many photos and videos Waymo robo-taxis were posted on social media parked on roads and intersections, where human drivers were either passing them or stuck behind them.
Waymo said on Saturday it had temporarily suspended service in the city due to power outages. Spokeswoman Susan Fillion provided a similar statement to TechCrunch on Sunday morning.
“We have temporarily suspended our passenger services in the San Francisco Bay Area due to widespread power outages,” Fillion said. “Our teams are working diligently and in close coordination with city officials to monitor the stability of the infrastructure, and we hope to have our services back online soon. We appreciate your patience and will provide further updates as soon as they are available.”
The company did not provide an explanation as to why the power outage had a significant impact on its cars. One possible reason: A power outage damaged several traffic lights in the city. (In fact, with power outages affecting both lights and mass transit in Muni, San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie said It warned residents to stay off the roads Unless they need to travel.)
Others hypothesized that Waymo may have been affected by the outage Cell service or Traffic data.
The power outage appears to have been caused by a fire at a gas and electricity substation in the city. SFGate reports About 120,000 PG&E customers were affected by the outages, and while power was restored for the majority of them by late Saturday, 35,000 customers remained without power Sunday morning. PG&E website It also showed that thousands of San Francisco customers were still affected at the time.
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Letter from Tiger Global Management A leak earlier this month said Waymo now provides 450,000 robo-taxi rides per week, nearly double the amount the Alphabet-owned company disclosed in the spring.