May 23, 2026

Waymo’s robotaxis keep driving into floods. The software patch didn’t work. Five cities are now shut down.

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Waymo suspended robotaxi service across five US cities on 21 May after a software patch it pushed to its entire 3,791-vehicle fleet less than two weeks earlier failed to prevent another autonomous vehicle from driving into standing water. An unoccupi...