Empty Waymo taxis flood into Atlanta neighborhood
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Uber execs are publicly criticizing partner Waymo while investing over $10 billion in Rivian, Lucid, and Nuro robotaxis to build its own autonomous fleet.
Waymo is a company working on self-driving vehicle technology. It isn't publicly traded, but you can invest in similar businesses.
Viral videos, neighborhood complaints, and a recent software recall are prompting new scrutiny of autonomous vehicles operating across the city.
The autonomous taxi company Waymo issued a voluntary recall of more than 3,000 vehicles due to a software issue that led some of the vehicles to drive into standing water.
The autonomous fleet still cannot reliably judge flooded roads, and Waymo has paused its Texas service until it can
Videos captured more than a dozen autonomous Waymo self-driving SUVs entering and turning around on a dead-end Atlanta street. Waymo apologized to neighbors and stated it has already adjusted its routing software with its fleet partner to correct the behavior.
Waymo issued a voluntary recall of about 3,800 of its robotaxis to fix software issues that could allow them to drive into flooded roadways.