Waymo pauses robotaxis in five US cities after cars drive into flooded roads

A Waymo spokesperson said it had expanded the temporary pause "out of an abundance of caution".

Waymo has suspended its driverless car services in Atlanta, Georgia, and several cities in Texas due to severe weather forecasts and recent incidents, including flooding that stranded at least one unoccupied Waymo vehicle in Atlanta.

Waymo has paused service in four cities—Atlanta, San Antonio, Dallas, and Houston—due to its robotaxis encountering flooded roads, with one vehicle getting stuck in Atlanta during heavy rain.

Waymo has paused its driverless taxi service in six cities—Austin, Dallas, Houston, San Antonio, Nashville, and Atlanta—amid concerns that its cars might drive into flooded roads, following incidents in Atlanta where vehicles were stranded in floodwaters.

Waymo has paused its self-driving car service in five U.S. cities—Atlanta and four in Texas—due to a software issue that caused some vehicles to enter flooded roads and get stuck, following a recall of thousands of robotaxis after an incident in San Antonio on April 20.

Waymo has suspended robotaxi service across five U.S. cities—Atlanta, San Antonio, Dallas, Houston, and Austin—while it works out why its robotaxis keep mistaking flooded streets for drivable ones, following incidents where vehicles became stranded in floodwaters.