: Meanwhile, new outages, linked to storms, are pelting the area

WASHINGTON, ‌Dec 23 : Alphabet unit Waymo said on Tuesday it will expand first responder engagement, improve its emergency response protocols and roll ‌out updates to allow ‌its vehicles to navigate intersections more decisively, following incidents of stalled Waymo robotaxis after a San Francisco power outage

WASHINGTON, ‌Dec 23 : Alphabet unit Waymo said on Tuesday it will update software used to operate its self-driving vehicles and improve its emergency response protocols after its robotaxis stalled in parts of San Francisco on Saturday due to a widespread power outage that snarled traffic and gridlocked parts of t

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SAN FRANCISCO: Waymo announced on Monday (Dec 22) that it had relaunched its robotaxi service in San Francisco after parts of its fleet became paralysed at intersections during a massive power outage over the weekend.The subsidiary of Google-parent Alphabet had to suspend operations on Saturday evening when a

The company said its cars are programmed to treat non-functioning traffic lights as stop signs, but the scale of the outage caused vehicles to remain stopped longer than usual.

Dec 22 : A top California regulator said it was looking into incidents in which robotaxis from Alphabet unit Waymo stalled in parts of San Francisco on Saturday due to a widespread power outage that snarled traffic and gridlocked parts of the city.Waymo paused service Saturday evening following a fire at a PG