Image Credit: Waymo, via Facebook
A robotaxi operated by American self-driving car company Waymo has been caught on camera stuck in an endless roundabout loop.
In a video that went immediately viral, a passerby caught footage of the Waymo robotaxi doing loop after loop of a roundabout.
It appears there were no passengers onboard for what would have been a nauseating ride, and some reports suggest that the car did 37 loops of the roundabout before being saved from its nightmarish loop by Waymo engineers.
A Waymo spokesperson confirmed to TechCrunch that there were no passengers onboard and that it had already addressed the issue by deploying a software update to its fleet of robotaxis.
Joshua S. Hill is a Melbourne-based journalist who has been writing about climate change, clean technology, and electric vehicles for over 15 years. He has been reporting on electric vehicles and clean technologies for Renew Economy and The Driven since 2012. His preferred mode of transport is his feet.
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