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CEO of Tesla Elon Musk attacked Waymo after its self-driving cars stopped operating at intersections in San Francisco, causing traffic jams during a widespread power outage over the weekend.
Waymo temporarily suspended its autonomous ride-hailing service in the San Francisco Bay Area on Saturday after a massive power outage approximately 130,000 homes and businesses were left without power. A video was shared online showing Waymo self-driving cars appearing stuck at intersections, triggering traffic jams in affected areas.
“Tesla robotaxis were not affected by the power outage in SF,” Musk posted on Musk also reposted a video purportedly showing a Tesla self-driving car driving through an intersection with non-working traffic lights.
A Waymo spokesperson told Fox News Digital in an emailed statement Sunday afternoon that it was resuming rideshare service in the area after choosing to temporarily suspend service Saturday evening.
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“[Saturday’s] “The power outage is a widespread event that caused traffic jams throughout San Francisco, with non-functional traffic lights and disruptions to public transportation,” the spokesperson said. “While the failure of utility infrastructure was significant, we are committed to ensuring our technology adapts to the flow of traffic during such events.”
Waymo driverless cars were unable to detect traffic lights after a major power outage in San Francisco on Dec. 20, 2025. Cars stopped longer than usual at intersections with lowered traffic lights, contributing to traffic jams, the company said. (Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu via /Getty Images)
Waymo Driver, the fully autonomous driving technologyis designed to treat non-functional traffic signals as four-way stops, according to the company.
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The scale of Saturday’s outages, however, led to instances where Waymo’s self-driving cars stayed stopped longer than usual to check the status of affected intersections, contributing to traffic jams, the company said.
A Waymo car is stopped on the road due to a power outage in San Francisco on December 20, 2025, in this screenshot obtained from a social media video. (/Reuters photos)
The spokesperson said the company is “focused on quickly incorporating lessons learned from this event.”
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Waymo is owned by Alphabet Inc., the same parent company as Google.
Elon Musk lashed out at Waymo, a rival self-driving technology company, after its self-driving cars appeared to stop at intersections with non-working traffic lights during a power outage in San Francisco on Saturday. (Stefani Reynolds/File/Bloomberg via /Getty Images)
The massive power outage was caused, at least in part, by a a fire that broke out inside a Pacific Gas and Electric Co. substation at 8th and Mission streets. The outages affected about 130,000 homes and businesses, or about a third of the utility’s customers.
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PG&E said in an update Sunday morning that fire damage to its substation was “significant and extensive,” noting that repairs and restoration would be “complex.”
People look over an area affected by a power outage that affected about 130,000 residents, according to the Pacific Gas and Electric Company, in San Francisco, December 21, 2025. (Carlos Barria/Reuters Photos)
As of 7:30 a.m. Sunday, the utility company said crews had restored power to the grid. around 110,000 customerswith about 21,000 customers still without power, primarily in the Presidio, Richmond District, Golden Gate Park and small areas of downtown San Francisco.
