Waymo to Update Robotaxi Software After San Francisco Blackout Exposes Navigation Gaps

A massive power outage in San Francisco on Saturday exposed how autonomous vehicles cope when city infrastructure fails. A fire at a Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) substation knocked out electricity to nearly one-third of the city, disabling hundreds of traffic signals and triggering widespread gridlock.
Waymo, Alphabet’s self-driving unit, said the scale of the disruption overwhelmed parts of its system, forcing the company to pause its robotaxi service and pull vehicles off the road