Waymo Operations Disrupted Due to San Francisco Power Outage... High-Speed Route Suspensions

Waymo temporarily adjusted its robo-taxi service operations due to a power outage impacting approximately 7,000 PG&E customers in San Francisco. On the local date, some user screens showed service as 'temporarily suspended' with alerts stating 'high-speed route access is unavailable.' Waymo stated it is monitoring the situation and aims to resume normal operations as soon as possible. This is not the first instance where a power outage has disrupted Waymo operations; similar disruptions occurred last December during a blackout.