Waymo is recalling its driverless vehicle software after one of its robotaxis crashed into a telephone poll in Phoenix. It’s the Google spinoff’s second-ever recall.
Waymo is issuing a voluntary software recall after one of its driverless vehicles collided with a telephone pole in Phoenix, Arizona, last month, the company said. The vehicle was damaged, but no passengers or bystanders were hurt in the incident. The company is filing the recall with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration after completing a software update to 672 vehicles — the total number of driverless-capable vehicles in Waymo’s fleet.
Waymo’s recall isn’t a recall in the traditional sense. It’s not taking its vehicles off the road for repairs or maintenance. Much like Tesla’s software recalls, the company can simply push an over-the-air update to all the affected vehicles and then continue to operate on public roads after the new software and maps have loaded.
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