Waymo Cars Dangerously Halted During San Francisco Power Outage

San Francisco was hit with a serious energy outage Saturday evening, turning the entire metropolis into darkness and dangerously stalling a ton of self-driving Waymo taxis.

The citywide outage pressured Waymo to halt its driverless automobile service, stranding the autonomous autos in the midst of the streets and intersections, based on pedestrians posting movies on X Saturday.

A Waymo spokesperson tells TMZ that ride-hailing companies have been “temporarily suspended” because of the outage. They added, “Our groups are working diligently and in shut coordination with metropolis officers to observe infrastructure stability, and we’re hopeful to convey our companies again on-line quickly.”

SFGATE stories the corporate needed to shut down its operation at round 8 p.m. because of the automobiles being unable to function with out site visitors indicators.

According to on-line footage, no less than 4 Waymo autos have been parked in the midst of an intersection with their hazards on, creating a big site visitors jam on the busy intersection within the North Beach neighborhood.

SFGATE stories hundreds of San Franciscans nonetheless stay with out energy on Sunday morning, as PG&E crews proceed to work to revive electrical energy after a now practically day-long outage.