Waymo recalls over 3,800 robotaxis that might drive onto closed freeways
Key takeaways
- The company is working on a fix and has restricted freeway driving.
- The company is reportedly working on a fix and has "restricted freeway driving," the NHTSA safety notice states.
- "We identified an area of improvement regarding performance around freeway construction zones," Waymo told Engadget in a statement.
The company is working on a fix and has restricted freeway driving.
Waymo Waymo is recalling over 3,800 of its self-driving taxis due to a software issue that could cause them to enter closed freeway construction zones at speed, according to a National Highway Traffic Safety Admininstration (NHTSA) bulletin seen by Reuters. The company is reportedly working on a fix and has "restricted freeway driving," the NHTSA safety notice states. It's not known if Waymo had an incident that prompted the recall.
"We identified an area of improvement regarding performance around freeway construction zones," Waymo told Engadget in a statement. "We voluntarily restricted freeway operations last month while making improvements, proactively notified state and federal regulators, and decided to file a voluntary software recall with NHTSA." The company has previously noted that such recalls are a notice of intent to fix the related software issue and don't mean that vehicles are taken off the road.