Driverless Car Company Waymo Recalls More Than 1,200 Vehicles After Collisions
- Waymo, a California-based autonomous ride-hailing company owned by Alphabet, recalled 1,212 driverless vehicles due to software defects causing minor collisions between 2022 and 2024.
- The recall followed Waymo's awareness of 16 low-speed collisions with gates, chains, and barriers, and an NHTSA investigation initiated in May 2024 about 22 similar incidents involving its fifth-generation software.
- Waymo manages a fleet of more than 1,500 autonomous vehicles across several major U.S. Cities including locations in Arizona, California, and Texas, providing approximately 250,000 paid rides each week. In November 2024, the company implemented a software update aimed at resolving issues related to collisions with stationary objects.
- Documents filed with NHTSA confirm that the software update significantly reduced the likelihood of collisions with visible objects, fulfilling regulatory obligations while causing no reported injuries in any incidents.
- The recall emphasizes ongoing safety and technological challenges in driverless cars as Waymo plans to expand service to new cities and upgrade to sixth-generation autonomous technology in coming years.
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Waymo recently recalled 1,212 of its self-driving taxis, according to the Alphabet-owned company. The recalled cars, which comprised the entirety of the company's fleet at the time, received a software update in November designed to significantly decrease the likelihood that Waymos would collide with stationary objects. Last May, the Department of Transportation's National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) opened an investigation int…

Waymo recalls more than 1,200 automated vehicles after minor crashes
Waymo, the autonomous ride-hailing company that launched its services in Los Angeles late last year, is recalling more than 1,200 vehicles due to a software defect, the National Highway Traffic Safety Assn. said Wednesday. Read more...
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I saw a few headlines — Waymo robotaxis were being recalled! 1,212 of them! Apparently, at low speeds, they were running into trouble with gates and chains and such. Not life threatening, but not great. But a 1,212 vehicle recall?! Ah, they did it again. We normally see this with ... [continued] The post The Huge Waymo Recall That Wasn’t appeared first on CleanTechnica.
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