The autonomous taxi operator just recalled thousands of vehicles for an issue with flood navigation after one vehicle in San Antonio was swept into a creek.
Atlanta Journal-Constitution journalist Rachael Knudsen was picked up by a Waymo Wednesday evening before the autonomous car got stuck in flood waters multiple times. (Rachael Knudsen/AJC)
Several driverless vehicles were reported stranded in flooded roadways — including one carrying an Atlanta Journal-Constitution journalist.
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A Waymo self-driving taxi travels down 17th Street in Atlanta, Georgia, Thursday, Dec. 11, 2025. (Ben Hendren for the AJC)
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As a business reporter, Emma Hurt leads coverage of the Atlanta airport, Delta Air Lines, UPS, Norfolk Southern and other travel and logistics companies. Prior to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution she worked as an editor and Atlanta reporter for Axios, a politics reporter for WABE News and a business reporter for the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette.