--- title: Waymo robotaxis stalled and caught fire on July 4 description: Waymo robotaxis had a chaotic Fourth of July in San Francisco: dozens stalled in post-fireworks gridlock after running out of battery, requiring tow trucks,... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/waymo-robotaxis-stalled-and-caught-fire-on-july-4-mnqanjwyj twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Waymo robotaxis stalled and caught fire on July 4 | daily.dev og:description: Waymo robotaxis had a chaotic Fourth of July in San Francisco: dozens stalled in post-fireworks gridlock after running out of battery, requiring tow trucks,... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/waymo-robotaxis-stalled-and-caught-fire-on-july-4-mnqanjwyj og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/MnqanJwYj.png og:image:alt: Waymo robotaxis stalled and caught fire on July 4 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Waymo robotaxis stalled and caught fire on July 4 **[The Next Web](https://daily.dev/sources/tnw)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Waymo robotaxis had a chaotic Fourth of July in San Francisco: dozens stalled in post-fireworks gridlock after running out of battery, requiring tow trucks, and at least one vehicle drove over a lit firework and caught fire. A passenger filmed the incident. Waymo attributed the disruptions to severe congestion, a surge of travelers, and unplanned road closures. No injuries were reported. Critics are calling on NHTSA and city regulators to set hard performance benchmarks before fleets expand further, while Waymo maintains its per-mile safety record still outperforms human drivers. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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