Waymo says the San Francisco power outage overwhelmed its robotaxis at scale, creating a backlog that led to response delays.

Alphabet Inc.’s Waymo said it would strengthen its automated software to better handle power outages after its self-driving ...

Alphabet unit Waymo said on Tuesday it will update software used to operate its self-driving vehicles and improve its ...

For self-driving cars, the human in the loop can’t always answer the phone.

Recent service disruptions involving Waymo autonomous vehicles in San Francisco have drawn attention to a core challenge in ...

Alphabet unit Waymo said on Tuesday it will expand first responder engagement, improve its emergency response protocols and ...

A blackout in San Francisco revealed a new way for robotaxis to go wrong. Waymo’s self-driving robotaxis can successfully ...

Cars with human drivers were forced to try to navigate between the vehicles after the widespread power outage left the Bay ...

A widespread power outage in San Francisco affected thousands of residents. It also left Waymo robotaxis stalled on city ...

During a power outage, many of Waymo's self-driving cars stopped at darkened traffic signals, blocking traffic and angering ...

Waymo initially paused all service in the Bay Area after the widespread outage started, but has now resumed operations.

Saturday brought dystopian scenes of robot cars parked in thoroughfares with hazard lights flashing and angry motorists ...