Waymo issues software and mapping recall after robotaxi crashes into a telephone pole
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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 (NHTSA) after completing a software update to 672 vehicles - the total number of driverless-capable vehicles in Waymo's fleet. The update corrects an error in the software that assigned a low damage score" to the telephone pole, and updates its map to account for the hard road edge in the alleyway that was not previously included.
This is Waymo's second recall ever
This is Waymo's second recall ever,...