TECH - Google Waymo Recalls Nearly 700 AVs After One Collides With Pole In Phoenix | Benzinga
Alphabet Inc's (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) Google Waymo is recalling about 672 of its self-driving vehicles after identifying their inability to avoid a pole or pole-like objects.
What Happened: The company identified the issue after one of its self-driving cars collided with a wooden utility pole in an alleyway in Phoenix, Arizona late last month, is said in a filing with U.S. auto safety regulator National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). The car was executing a low-speed pullover maneuver when the collision happened.
While there were no passengers in the vehicle and no injuries pertaining to the ...