The climate exterior was frightful — so Waymo shut down its driverless ride-hailing service in San Francisco on Christmas. “Service briefly paused on account of Nationwide Climate Service flash flood warning,” learn a buyer notification within the app.
The shutdown comes after Waymo paused service throughout a December 20 blackout in San Francisco that left tens of hundreds with out energy and brought on some autonomous automobiles to halt mid-traffic, contributing to gridlock.
The Alphabet-owned company mentioned earlier this week it’ll replace its fleet to higher carry out throughout energy outages. Jeffrey Tumlin, former CEO of San Francisco’s Municipal Transit Authority, told CNBC that regulators ought to ask “what’s an affordable variety of autonomous automobiles to have on metropolis streets, by time of day, by geography and climate” as Waymo faces elevated scrutiny whereas increasing to 5 U.S. markets.
The climate exterior was frightful — so Waymo shut down its driverless ride-hailing service in San Francisco on Christmas. “Service briefly paused on account of Nationwide Climate Service flash flood warning,” learn a buyer notification within the app.
The shutdown comes after Waymo paused service throughout a December 20 blackout in San Francisco that left tens of hundreds with out energy and brought on some autonomous automobiles to halt mid-traffic, contributing to gridlock.
The Alphabet-owned company mentioned earlier this week it’ll replace its fleet to higher carry out throughout energy outages. Jeffrey Tumlin, former CEO of San Francisco’s Municipal Transit Authority, told CNBC that regulators ought to ask “what’s an affordable variety of autonomous automobiles to have on metropolis streets, by time of day, by geography and climate” as Waymo faces elevated scrutiny whereas increasing to 5 U.S. markets.
