Joe Rogan Experience #2573 - Legion of Skanks · Aired Oct 30, 2026
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A city-grid blackout disables Waymo vehicles because lidar depends on grid power.
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Waymo reported that its cars crossed thousands of dark traffic signals during the San Francisco outage. The outage caused confirmation backlogs, delays, congestion, and a later service pause, but this report does not say that loss of grid power disables onboard lidar or the vehicles.
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Is it true that a city-grid blackout disables Waymo vehicles because lidar depends on grid power?
No, not as stated. Waymo reported that its cars crossed thousands of dark traffic signals during the San Francisco outage. The outage caused confirmation backlogs, delays, congestion, and a later service pause, but this report does not say that loss of grid power disables onboard lidar or the vehicles. Joe Rogan said it (matched by voice) on Joe Rogan Experience #2573 - Legion of Skanks, aired Oct 30, 2026, at 1:51:51. The supporting source is waymo.com, linked below.
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