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Tesla CEO Elon Musk took a swipe at Waymo after self-driving cars stopped moving at an intersection in San Francisco, causing traffic jams during a weekend power outage.
Waymo temporarily suspended its autonomous service in the San Francisco Bay Area on Saturday after power outages hit about 130,000 homes and businesses. A video has been shared online of Waymo’s self-driving cars appearing to stop at intersections, causing traffic jams in the affected areas.
“Tesla Robotaxis was not affected by the SF blackout,” Musk told X, along with a video showing Waymo cars parked at intersections with traffic lights as a line of cars screeched around them. Musk also posted a video purportedly showing a Tesla self-driving car navigating an intersection with traffic lights not working.
A Waymo spokesperson told Fox News Digital in an emailed statement Sunday afternoon that it will resume ride-hailing service in the area after choosing to temporarily suspend service Saturday evening.
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“[Saturday’s] The power outage was a widespread event that caused gridlock throughout San Francisco, with traffic signals not working and transportation disruptions,” the spokesperson said. “While the utility infrastructure failure was significant, we are committed to ensuring our technology manages traffic flow during such events.”
Waymo’s self-driving cars couldn’t see traffic lights after a major power outage in San Francisco on Dec. 20, 2025. Cars stopped longer than usual at intersections with low traffic lights, causing gridlock, the company said. (Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu via / Getty Images)
Waymo Driver, the company’s fully autonomous driving technology, is designed to handle traffic signals that don’t work like four-way stops, according to the company.
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The extent of the outages on Saturday led to situations where Waymo’s self-driving vehicles were stopped for longer than usual to check where they were at the affected intersections, causing gridlock, the company said.
A Waymo vehicle is stopped on the road during a power outage in San Francisco, Dis. 20, 2025, in this screenshot found in a social media video. (/ Reuters Images)
A spokesperson said the company is “focused on quickly integrating the lessons learned from this event.”
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Waymo is owned by Alphabet Inc., the same parent company as Google.
Elon Musk took a swipe at Waymo, a rival self-driving technology company, after self-driving cars were seen stalling at intersections with broken traffic signals during a blackout in San Francisco on Saturday. (Stephanie Reynolds/File/Bloomberg via/Getty Images)
The massive power outage was caused, at least in part, by a fire inside a Pacific Gas and Electric Co. substation. at 8th and Mission streets. The outage affected about 130,000 homes and businesses, about one-third of the system’s customers.
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PG&E said in an update Sunday morning that the damage from the fire at its station is “extensive and extensive,” noting that repairs and restoration will be “complex.”
People view the area affected by the power outage that affected about 130,000 residents, according to Pacific Gas and Electric Company, San Francisco, on Dec. 21, 2025. (Photos by Carlos Barria / Reuters)
As of 7:30 a.m. Sunday, the utility company said crews had restored power to about 110,000 customers, and about 21,000 customers remained without power, mostly in the Presidio, Richmond District, Golden Gate Park and smaller areas of downtown San Francisco.
