From Fox News: Tesla CEO Elon Musk took a swipe at Waymo after its self-driving cars stopped moving at intersections in San Francisco, causing traffic jams during a widespread blackout over the weekend.
Waymo temporarily suspended its autonomous ride-hailing service in the San Francisco Bay Area on Saturday after a massive power outage knocked out electricity to about 130,000 homes and businesses. Video was shared online of Waymo self-driving cars appearing to be stalled at intersections, triggering traffic jams across affected areas.
“Tesla Robotaxis were unaffected by the SF power outage,” Musk posted on X, along with a repost of video showing Waymo vehicles stopped at an intersection with down traffic lights as a line of cars honk and attempt to go around them. Musk also reposted a video purportedly showing a Tesla self-driving car navigating an intersection with non-functioning traffic lights.
The report explains that Waymo’s driving technology is designed to treat non-functional traffic signals as four-way stops. However, the massive scale of the power outage on Saturday caused Waymo’s self-driving cars to remain stopped longer than usual at intersections, which caused huge gridlock in the traffic, in what was already a chaotic mess.
Tesla Robotaxis were unaffected by the SF power outage https://t.co/uaYlhcSx25
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 21, 2025
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