San Francisco power outage left 130,000
in the dark as self-driving cars stalled
in middle of streets
Posted By: mc squared, 12/21/2025 11:09:37 AM
San Francisco plunged into darkness when nearly 30 percent of the city was struck by a power outage, which brought vital transportation, such as self-driving cars, to a grinding halt on Saturday night. Over 130,000 houses and businesses were left in the dark, largely in the northwest part of San Francisco,[snip] The company shut down its operation at around 8 p.m. because the cars were unable to operate without traffic signals. Residents shared footage of the Waymo vehicles parked with their hazards flashing At least four Waymo vehicles were parked in the middle of an intersection with their hazards on,
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That chaos followed the utter collapse of the palatial culture of Mycenaean Greece.
But what re-emerged were constitutional government, rationalism, liberty, freedom of expression, self-critique and free markets — what we know now as the foundation of a unique Western civilization.[snip]
From the Atlantic to the Persian Gulf and from the Rhine and Danube to the Sahara were a million square miles of safety, prosperity, progress and science — until the collapse of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century AD.
San Francisco plunged into darkness when nearly 30 percent of the city was struck by a power outage, which brought vital transportation, such as self-driving cars, to a grinding halt on Saturday night.
Over 130,000 houses and businesses were left in the dark, largely in the northwest part of San Francisco,[snip]
The company shut down its operation at around 8 p.m. because the cars were unable to operate without traffic signals. Residents shared footage of the Waymo vehicles parked with their hazards flashing
At least four Waymo vehicles were parked in the middle of an intersection with their hazards on,
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Got it?
No?
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Comments:
I wondered why EVs were stranded until I saw they were shut down (from somewhere) because they rely on traffic signals.
Is there anyone who hasn't, encountered an inoperative traffic signal? What happens then? Just hope you're not stranded at the corner of Malcolm X Drive and MLK Blvd.