Waymo’s robotaxis stalled, snarled traffic, and drove into fireworks on July 4

Waymo’s robotaxis had a rough Fourth of July. In San Francisco they ran out of charge, snarled traffic for hours, and one drove over a lit firework and caught fire.

Over the holiday weekend, driverless Waymo cars became the story instead of the technology. In San Francisco, dozens stalled in the gridlock after the Golden Gate Bridge fireworks. Several ran out of battery, and crews had to tow them away, NBC Bay Area reports. One resident said he sat in traffic for two hours. People climbed out of their cars to yell at the empty vehicles.

‘Are we on fire, dude?’

It got stranger. At least two Waymos drove over fireworks lit in the road. One caught fire on Connecticut Street, CBS News reports. A passenger, Rose Peterson, filmed her Waymo rolling over a lit firework at a four-way stop. “Are we on fire, dude?” a rider asks...

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