Blackout in San Francisco Litters Streets with Traffic-Blocking, Deactivated Waymos

Photo: A Waymo self-driving car in San Francisco on June 10, 2022. Photo credit: Daniel Ramirez via Flickr. CC BY 2.0. Article by Mike Pearl. Gizmodo – December 21, 2025.

There was a power outage in San Francisco on Saturday, initially leaving 124,000 of 414,000 customers—about 30%—in the dark. It also caused a widespread Waymo meltdown, with apparently all active Waymo robotaxis in the affected parts of the city stuck in robotic comas, blocking intersections and choking traffic on some streets. […]

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