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Waymo Robotaxis Block San Francisco During 4th of July Festivities, Showing the Limits of Technology

Waymo is again causing controversy after its robotaxis contributed to gridlock in San Francisco and had to be towed to ease the traffic situation

Thousands lose power after strong storms sweep Across southeast Louisiana

The outages come as thousands of southeast Louisiana residents were under Flash Flood Warnings Sunday afternoon.
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Waymo is bringing driverless robotaxis to five new US cities in 2026

Waymo plans to launch driverless robotaxi service in five additional U.S. cities during 2026, with three in Texas and two in Florida, expanding the company’s commercial footprint to roughly ten major markets.

Waymo recalls about 3,900 robotaxis after some drove into 'freeway construction zones'

After some Waymo robotaxis drove into closed construction zones, the company implemented a recall to fix underlying software issues.

Waymo is back on Dallas streets. Let's push forward

For the most part, Waymo drives like your grandma or a nervous high school student who just got their learner’s permit. However, there have been instances of Waymos doing some odd things, and they shouldn’t be brushed off as flukes.

Waymo recalls robotaxis over construction-zone risk

Waymo recalls 3,871 robotaxi vehicles after its autonomous driving software failed to recognize freeway construction zones in Phoenix and San Francisco.
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Waymo issues its sixth recall after robotaxis drove into highway construction zones 13 times

Waymo’s sixth recall covers 13 incidents of robotaxis driving into closed highway construction. A rider thought they’d die. Waymo offered three free rides. Waymo has issued its sixth recall, covering nearly 4,000 robotaxis that drove into highway ...

Waymo Releases Apples-To-Apples Incident Data, It Speaks To Regulation

More data for better comparisons are good. Now everybody has to do it, and regulators and the public have to learn to look at only the data, and not individual incidents
Inc

Waymo Issues Another Recall After Robotaxis Speed Into Highway Construction Zones

For the second time in a month, Waymo is recalling its fleet of nearly 3,900 self-driving robotaxis to correct a potentially dangerous software issue—this time, one that could cause the autonomous vehicles to speed into closed freeway construction zones.

One robotaxi player has grown its share of users so far in 2026 — and it's not Waymo

Amazon's Zoox doubles active users in 2026, challenging Alphabet's Waymo in the robotaxi market with expansions in major U.S. cities.

Waymo outages disrupt traffic in this major city yet again

Autonomous driving companies like Waymo, Zoox and Tesla promise a future where self-driving vehicles are the norm and traffic accidents and fatalities fall significantly because of it. But while the data on whether autonomous driving is truly safer than human driving is still inconclusive,