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Tesla CEO Elon Musk took a swipe at Waymo after its self-driving automobiles stopped transferring at intersections in San Francisco, inflicting 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 properties and companies. Video was shared on-line of Waymo self-driving automobiles showing to be stalled at intersections, triggering 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 autos stopped at an intersection with down visitors lights as a line of automobiles 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 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 about gridlock throughout San Francisco, with non-functioning visitors indicators and transit disruptions,” the spokesperson stated. “Whereas the failure of the utility infrastructure was vital, we’re dedicated to making sure our know-how adjusts to visitors circulation throughout such occasions.”
Waymo driverless automobiles weren’t in a position to detect visitors lights after a significant energy outage in San Francisco on Dec. 20, 2025. The automobiles stopped longer than standard at intersections with down visitors lights, contributing to gridlock, the corporate stated. (Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu through / Getty Photographs)
Waymo Driver, the corporate’s absolutely autonomous driving know-how, is designed to deal with non-functional visitors indicators as four-way stops, in accordance with the corporate.
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The size of the outages on Saturday, nonetheless, led to cases the place Waymo’s self-driving automobiles remained stopped longer than standard to test the standing of the affected intersections, contributing to gridlock, the corporate stated.
A Waymo automobile is halted on the highway amid an influence outage in San Francisco, Dec. 20, 2025, on this screengrab obtained from a social media video. ( / Reuters Images)
The spokesperson stated the corporate is “targeted on quickly integrating the teachings discovered from this occasion.”
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| TSLA | TESLA INC. | 481.20 | -2.17 | -0.45% |
| GOOG | ALPHABET INC. | 308.61 | +4.86 | +1.60% |
| GOOGL | ALPHABET INC. | 307.16 | +4.70 | +1.55% |
Waymo is owned by Alphabet Inc., the identical father or mother firm as Google.
Elon Musk took a swipe at Waymo, a rival autonomous driving know-how firm, after its self-driving automobiles appeared to cease at intersections with non-functioning visitors indicators throughout a blackout in San Francisco on Saturday. (Stefani Reynolds/File/Bloomberg through / Getty Photographs)
The large energy outage was brought about, at the least partly, by a hearth that broke out inside a Pacific Gasoline and Electrical Co. substation at eighth and Mission streets. Blackouts affected about 130,000 properties and companies, a couple of third of the utility’s prospects.
| Ticker | Safety | Final | Change | Change % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TSLA | TESLA INC. | 481.20 | -2.17 | -0.45% |
| GOOG | ALPHABET INC. | 308.61 | +4.86 | +1.60% |
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PG&E stated in an replace Sunday morning that injury from the hearth in its substation was “vital and intensive,” noting that repairs and restoration could be “complicated.”
Folks observe an space affected by a blackout that hit about 130,000 residents, in accordance with the Pacific Gasoline and Electrical Firm, in San Francisco, on Dec. 21, 2025. (Carlos Barria / Reuters Images)
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.
