After a power outage in San Francisco affected about 7000 PG&E users, Waymo made a temporary adjustment to the local autopilot call service. The company did not disclose the specific scope of the adjustment, but indicated that it was in the process of assessing the situation on the ground and would resume normal operations when conditions permitted.
The company says it's assessing the local situation.
In response to a query from the media, Waymo stated that passengers were dependent on their services and that the company would temporarily adjust services while monitoring local conditions. Waymo, held by Alphabet, is an important American company in the field of auto-driving taxis.
Power outages are not the first time you've disturbed the operation.
This is not the first time that the power outage has affected the operation of Waymo in San Francisco. During a power outage last December, a number of Waymo vehicles stopped on urban roads. A similar situation occurred during the United States Independence Day Golden Gate pyrotechnic activity, when a vehicle was irregularly blocked.
- This power outage affects about 70000 users.
- The affected area is in San Francisco.
- Waymo does not indicate recovery time
The mayor's calling for tighter regulations.
Following similar events, the Mayor of San Francisco, Daniel Lurie, called on state regulators to put in place stricter requirements to deal more adequately with the operation of automatic-driving vehicles in major incidents, whether or not they were foreseeable.
Once again, the incident showed that automatic driving services, in addition to relying on vehicles and algorithms themselves, were also affected by external conditions such as electricity, transportation and the urban emergency response system. As the commercialization of unmanned aerial vehicles expands, the associated operational resilience and emergency disposal capabilities are receiving increased attention.