Safety
Waymo recalled about 3,800 robotaxis because they could drive into flooded roads, after one entered a flooded lane in San Antonio on 20 April.
A crash, recall, injury or investigation
What the source says
“Waymo said Tuesday that it is recalling about 3,800 robotaxis in the U.S.”
What it means
Waymo, from Waymo (Alphabet), is at stage 5 of 5 on our ladder: regulator-cleared or mass market. Safety events don't move a stage on their own, but they stay on the robot's record.
Human help: People working remotely can steer it or take over.
More on Waymo
- Waymo and Toyota said they would start testing self-driving Toyota bZ4X electric cars in Japan in 2027, then plan to expand to the UK and other right-hand drive markets.
- Waymo said it was adding nearly 250 square miles of driverless service area over the next week across Los Angeles, Nashville, Orlando, San Diego and the San Francisco Bay Area.
- Waymo restarted its service in San Antonio, about five months after the flood pause.
- Waymo opened its service to the public in Las Vegas, its 15th market, after Nevada's Transportation Authority allowed up to 1,000 of its robotaxis there.
- Waymo opened its service in Denver, San Diego and Tampa, inviting riders a few at a time. That made 14 US cities.
- Teslarati reported that Waymo's fully driverless service in Houston, with nobody in the driver's seat, had been open to the public since August 2026.