Alphabet Inc.'s (NASDAQ:GOOGL) (NASDAQ:GOOG) Robotaxi service Waymo reportedly paused its services again in the San Francisco Bay Area amid flash flood warnings on Christmas Day.



<h2>Waymo Temporarily Paused Services</h2>



In a notification released on the official Waymo app on Thursday, the company issued a statement saying that its services in the area were unavailable, CNBC reported on Thursday. &#34;Service temporarily paused due to National Weather Service flash flood warning,&#34; the notification said.



Waymo didn't immediately respond to Benzinga's request for comment.



Waymo had earlier also reported a halt in its service in San Francisco as a result of an outage at a PG&amp;E Corp (NYSE:PCG) substation, which caused several disruptions to traffic signals as well in the city.



Following the outage, Waymo issued a statement, announcing it had implemented fleet-wide updates to its software that would help it cope better with outages.



<h2>Elon Musk Claims Robotaxi Drove Him Autonomously</h2>



The news comes as Tesla Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA) CEO Elon Musk shared that a Tesla Robotaxi drove him autonomously around Austin on Saturday, putting the service one step closer to a wider rollout of the service in the city. Musk had earlier claimed that driverless operations would commence before the end of the year in Austin.



Meanwhile, Ross Gerber of Gerber Kawasaki claimed that the Tesla FSD system misinterpreted raindrops on its cameras as debris, which caused the software to have trouble operating in rainy conditions.



<h2>Waymo's Expansion</h2>



On the other hand, Waymo, which competes with Tesla’s robotaxi, recently announced that it reached 14 million paid Robotaxi rides in 2025, also reportedly reaching the 450,000 weekly Robotaxi rides milestone. These milestones put the company firmly in the lead of the Robotaxi race in the U.S.



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Waymo, Alphabet's Robotaxi service, paused operations in San Francisco on Christmas Day due to flash flood warnings. This follows a previous service halt caused by a PG&E substation outage. Meanwhile, Tesla's Elon Musk reported a successful autonomous Robotaxi drive in Austin. Waymo recently achieved 14 million paid rides and 450,000 weekly rides, leading the U.S. Robotaxi market. Alphabet's stock showed a slight pre-market increase.

- Alphabet Inc.'s Waymo paused its Robotaxi services in the San Francisco Bay Area due to flash flood warnings on Christmas Day.  
- Prior to this, Waymo had also halted services because of a power outage affecting traffic signals in the city, prompting fleet-wide software updates.  
- Despite these challenges, Waymo reported achieving 14 million paid rides in 2025, maintaining a leading position in the U.S. Robotaxi market.

Alphabet's Waymo Pauses Service Again In San Francisco On Christmas Day Amid Flash Flood Warning: Report