Driverless Car Company Waymo Recalls More Than 1,200 Vehicles After Collisions

Waymo Recalls 1,200 Robotaxis to Stop Them From Crashing Into Barriers

The recalls arrives after the NHTSA initiated a probe last year and reported incidents of Waymo cars crashing into chains and gates.

Waymo voluntarily recalled 1,200 robotaxis

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 over 1,200 self-driving cars after minor crashes

The self-driving ride hailing service issued a recall following a series of collisions involving barriers in the road.

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...

The Huge Waymo Recall That Wasn't - CleanTechnica

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.

Day Around the Bay: Sergey Brin Settles Private Plane Wrongful Death Suit

Local:The man who died after running into the water after a dog at Ocean Beach last week has been identified as 59-year-old San Francisco resident Garbo Chang. Chang's cause of death has not been released. [Chronicle]Waymo "recalled" 1,200 of its self-driving taxis for a software update last fall, which we're just now learning about, after an National Highway Traffic Safety Administration probe last year into 16 minor collisions the cars had wit…