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00:02Waymo issued a statement Tuesday following a PG&E outage in San Francisco that disabled
00:07a large number of traffic lights and caused citywide gridlock, according to Benzinga.
00:12The company said disabled traffic lights caused citywide gridlock that prompted stay-at-home
00:17advisories and described the scale of the outage as a unique challenge for its autonomous technology.
00:23Waymo said it is implementing fleetwide updates to give its driver system specific power outage
00:28context so vehicles can navigate more decisively.
00:31The company also said it is enhancing emergency preparedness and updating first responder
00:36training protocols.
00:37The update comes as Waymo said it reached 14 million paid Robitaxi rides in 2025 and previously
00:44reported hitting 450,000 weekly rides.
00:47Waymo is also planning an expansion into London next year.
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