Waymo on Tuesday provided further details about its decision on Saturday to temporarily pause its robotaxi service in San Francisco amid a citywide power outage that caused its driverless cars to stall traffic. The company said it made the decision so its vehicles wouldn’t obstruct first responders by idling at dark traffic signals, which its cars are trained to treat as four-way stops. It resumed service Sunday. The Google-owned business said it planned to prevent similar scenarios in the future by rolling out updates that give its vehicles more context about regional power outages so they can make decisions at dark intersections more decisively. Besides updating its software, the company also says it is updating its emergency response protocols, coordinating more closely with San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie’s office on preparedness planning, and expanding its first-responder training to incorporate lessons from the outage. #Auto Future cnbc.com/2025/12/23/waymo...