Waymo, flood and Atlanta
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Waymo recently issued a voluntary recall of its autonomous vehicles (AVs) -- about 3,800 in all -- which got a lot of attention. Apparently, when a self-driving car drives itself into a flooded road (thankfully,
Waymo has filed a voluntary recall with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) covering 3,791 robotaxis after one
Residents in Atlanta’s Buckhead community are raising concerns about Waymo’s self-driving vehicles using their neighborhood as a holding location. Neighbors said they sometimes see several dozen Waymo cars driving down a small cul-de-sac each day.
Atlanta's Buckhead neighborhood was overrun by empty Waymo driverless cars circling through cul-de-sacs due to a routing behavior issue.
Waymo has issued a software recall that makes its robotaxis more cautious around flooded areas. A "final remedy" is in the works.
A woman turned her Waymo’s lane merge struggle into a tragicomedy on social media. TikTok user @maryimogenn uploaded footage of the driverless car she scheduled for a trip in Atlanta. Her footage shows the car with its right turn signal activated as it ...