Waymo is recalling its massive fleet of autonomous vehicles over a defect that may pose significant safety risk, according to federal regulators. The action follows an incident in which a driverless vehicle failed to come to a complete stop after encountering flooded road conditions on a high-speed roadway, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) said in a May 6 report. "Entering a flooded roadway can cause a loss of vehicle control, increasing the risk of a crash or injury," the agency s ...

Waymo has drawn criticism for its vehicles failing to yield to school buses in Austin, and for the performance of its vehicles during widespread power outages in San Francisco in December, when robotaxis halted in traffic, causing gridlock. The company said in a statement on Tuesday that it's "identified an area of improvement regarding untraversable flooded lanes specific to higher-speed roadways," and opted to file a "voluntary software recall" with the NHTSA. Waymo is recalling about 3,800 robotaxis in t ...