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Autonomously navigating the real world: lessons from the PG&E outage
At Waymo, our mission is to be the world’s most trusted driver. We know trust is built through consistent behavior over time—earned through every mile we drive and every interaction we have with the community. This past Saturday, as a widespread PG&E outage cut power to nearly one-third of San Francisco, our service was put to the test. With power now restored, we want to share an account of our operations during the outage and how we are evolving to better serve the city.
The scale of the outage and the sheer number of disabled traffic lights were the primary contributors to city-wide gridlock. As signals went dark across major corridors, the resulting congestion required law enforcement to manually manage intersections. The situation was severe enough that the San Francisco Department of Emergency Management advised residents to stay home, underscoring the extraordinary nature of the weekend’s disruptions.
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Le’Troy Andrews, 74, had to crawl from his bedroom to his front door during the PG&E power outage on Saturday night to let paramedics into his Inner Richmond apartment. He thought he was having a stroke.
Andrews, a former Air Force medic who lives alone with his dog, Cooper, underwent brain surgery last August, and also has congestive heart failure. His apartment had lost power earlier that afternoon. When he went to bed that night, he didn’t use his CPAP machine — a device commonly used to treat sleep apnea — since there was no electricity.
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Waymo will update driverless fleet after San Francisco blackout to improve navigation during outages
Three days after a blackout in San Francisco caused Waymo to pause its driverless car service, the Alphabet-owned company said it's updating its fleet so its vehicles are better prepared to respond during future outages.
"We've always focused on developing the Waymo Driver for the world as it is, including when infrastructure fails," the company said in a blog post late Tuesday.
Power outages began early afternoon on Saturday in San Francisco and peaked roughly two hours later, affecting about 130,000 customers, according to Pacific Gas and Electric. As of Sunday morning, about 21,000 customers remained without power. PG&E said a fire at a substation resulted in "significant and extensive" damage.
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