Waymo recalls robotaxis for driving on flooded roads.

A Waymo drives across Congress Avenue on 8th Street in front of the Capitol Building as rain arrives in the Austin area on Friday, Jan. ” Despite detecting the flooded road, the vehicle “proceeded at reduced speed.
In documents filed with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the Alphabet-owned company said that an unoccupied Waymo robotaxi “encountered an untraversable flooded section of a roadway that has a 40 mph speed limit. ” Waymo said it was currently working on a remedy. 23, 2025 ahead of anticipated drops in temperature and freezing rain over the weekend.