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Tesla CEO Elon Musk took a swipe at Waymo after its self-driving vehicles stopped transferring at intersections in San Francisco, inflicting site visitors jams throughout a widespread blackout over the weekend.
Waymo quickly suspended its autonomous ride-hailing service within the San Francisco Bay Space on Saturday after a large energy outage knocked out electrical energy to about 130,000 houses and companies. Video was shared on-line of Waymo self-driving vehicles showing to be stalled at intersections, triggering site visitors jams throughout affected areas.
“Tesla Robotaxis have been unaffected by the SF energy outage,” Musk posted on X, together with a repost of video exhibiting Waymo automobiles stopped at an intersection with down site visitors lights as a line of vehicles honk and try to go round them. Musk additionally reposted a video purportedly exhibiting a Tesla self-driving automobile navigating an intersection with non-functioning site visitors lights.
A Waymo spokesperson informed Fox Information Digital in an emailed assertion on Sunday afternoon that it was resuming ride-hailing service within the space after selecting to quickly pause service on Saturday night.
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“[Saturday’s] energy outage was a widespread occasion that brought on gridlock throughout San Francisco, with non-functioning site visitors alerts and transit disruptions,” the spokesperson stated. “Whereas the failure of the utility infrastructure was vital, we’re dedicated to making sure our expertise adjusts to site visitors move throughout such occasions.”
Waymo driverless vehicles weren’t in a position to detect site visitors lights after a significant energy outage in San Francisco on Dec. 20, 2025. The vehicles stopped longer than typical at intersections with down site visitors lights, contributing to gridlock, the corporate stated. (Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu by way of / Getty Pictures)
Waymo Driver, the corporate’s absolutely autonomous driving expertise, is designed to deal with non-functional site visitors alerts as four-way stops, in line with the corporate.
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The dimensions of the outages on Saturday, nonetheless, led to cases the place Waymo’s self-driving vehicles remained stopped longer than typical to examine the standing of the affected intersections, contributing to gridlock, the corporate stated.
A Waymo automobile is halted on the street amid an influence outage in San Francisco, Dec. 20, 2025, on this screengrab obtained from a social media video. ( / Reuters Pictures)
The spokesperson stated the corporate is “targeted on quickly integrating the teachings realized from this occasion.”
| Ticker | Safety | Final | Change | Change % |
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| TSLA | TESLA INC. | 488.73 | +7.53 | +1.56% |
| GOOG | ALPHABET INC. | 311.33 | +2.72 | +0.88% |
| GOOGL | ALPHABET INC. | 309.78 | +2.62 | +0.85% |
Waymo is owned by Alphabet Inc., the identical mother or father firm as Google.
Elon Musk took a swipe at Waymo, a rival autonomous driving expertise firm, after its self-driving vehicles appeared to cease at intersections with non-functioning site visitors alerts throughout a blackout in San Francisco on Saturday. (Stefani Reynolds/File/Bloomberg by way of / Getty Pictures)
The huge energy outage was brought on, no less than partly, by a fireplace that broke out inside a Pacific Fuel and Electrical Co. substation at eighth and Mission streets. Blackouts affected about 130,000 houses and companies, a couple of third of the utility’s prospects.
| Ticker | Safety | Final | Change | Change % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TSLA | TESLA INC. | 488.73 | +7.53 | +1.56% |
| GOOG | ALPHABET INC. | 311.33 | +2.72 | +0.88% |
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PG&E stated in an replace Sunday morning that harm from the fireplace in its substation was “vital and intensive,” noting that repairs and restoration could be “advanced.”
Folks observe an space affected by a blackout that hit about 130,000 residents, in line with the Pacific Fuel and Electrical Firm, in San Francisco, on Dec. 21, 2025. (Carlos Barria / Reuters Pictures)
As of seven:30 a.m. Sunday, the utility firm stated that crews had restored electrical energy to about 110,000 prospects, with about 21,000 prospects remaining with out energy, primarily within the Presidio, Richmond District, Golden Gate Park and small areas of downtown San Francisco.
