Why Waymo’s Self-Driving Cars Shut Down in San Francisco

When the lights didn't glow, Waymo was no go in San Francisco

So what happened? Why did the Waymos go No Go?

That was the question in San Francisco over the weekend.

A major power outage knocked out electricity to tens of thousands of homes. It also knocked something else off balance — the Waymos.

As traffic lights went dark, self-driving Waymo cars rolled up to intersections and then just… stopped. Hazard lights bli…