内容来源：https://techcrunch.com/2025/12/21/waymo-suspends-service-in-san-francisco-as-robotaxis-stall-during-blackout/

内容总结：

当地时间周六晚间，美国旧金山发生大规模停电事故，导致谷歌旗下自动驾驶公司Waymo的无人出租车车队在市区街道上大面积停滞，该公司随即宣布暂停在当地的服务。

社交媒体上流传的多张照片和视频显示，Waymo的自动驾驶汽车停在道路和十字路口，后方的人类驾驶员车辆被迫滞留或绕行。Waymo发言人苏珊娜·菲利昂表示，由于停电影响范围广泛，公司已暂时中止在旧金山湾区的叫车服务，团队正与市政部门密切协作监测基础设施状态，希望尽快恢复运营。

此次停电事故疑似由太平洋天然气与电力公司（PG&E）的变电站火灾引发。据当地媒体报道，停电高峰时影响约12万户，截至周日早晨仍有3.5万户未恢复供电。停电导致全市大量交通信号灯失灵，市长已建议居民非必要不出行。

业内人士分析，自动驾驶车辆可能因交通信号中断、蜂窝网络服务或实时交通数据异常而受到影响。值得关注的是，近期泄露的投资文件显示，Waymo目前每周提供约45万次自动驾驶出行服务，较今年春季披露的数据增长近一倍。

中文翻译：

周六晚间，因大规模停电导致其多辆自动驾驶出租车在旧金山街头停滞，Waymo暂停了在该市的机器人出租车服务。

社交媒体上流传的多张照片和视频显示，Waymo自动驾驶出租车停在道路和十字路口，后方的人类驾驶员要么被困住，要么只能绕行。

Waymo周六表示，由于停电已暂时暂停该市服务。发言人苏珊娜·菲利昂周日早晨向TechCrunch提供了类似声明："由于大面积停电，我们已暂时暂停在旧金山湾区的叫车服务。我们的团队正与市政官员密切协作，全力监控基础设施稳定性，希望尽快恢复服务。感谢您的耐心等待，我们将及时提供最新进展。"

该公司未解释停电对其车辆造成如此严重影响的原因。可能的因素之一是：停电导致市区大量交通信号灯瘫痪。（事实上，由于停电同时影响信号灯和市政公交系统，旧金山市长丹尼尔·卢里警告市民非必要勿上路。）

另有分析认为，Waymo可能受到蜂窝网络服务或交通数据中断的影响。

此次停电似乎源于太平洋天然气与电力公司变电站火灾。据SFGate报道，约12万太平洋天然气与电力公司用户受停电影响，虽然周六晚间大部分用户已恢复供电，但周日早晨仍有3.5万用户处于断电状态。该公司网站显示，当时旧金山仍有数千用户受影响。

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本月早些时候泄露的老虎环球管理公司信函显示，Waymo目前每周提供45万次自动驾驶出租车服务，较其母公司Alphabet春季公布的数据增长近一倍。

英文来源：

Waymo suspended its robotaxi service in San Francisco on Saturday evening after a massive blackout appeared to leave many of its vehicles stalled on city streets.
Numerous photos and videos posted to social media captured Waymo robotaxis stalled at roads and intersections as human drivers were either stuck behind them or weaved around them.
Waymo said on Saturday that it had temporarily suspended service in the city due to the blackout. Spokesperson Suzanne Philion provided a similar statement to TechCrunch on Sunday morning.
“We have temporarily suspended our ride-hailing services in the San Francisco Bay Area due to the widespread power outage,” Philion said. “Our teams are working diligently and in close coordination with city officials to monitor infrastructure stability, and we are hopeful to bring our services back online soon. We appreciate your patience and will provide further updates as soon as they are available.”
The company did not provide an explanation for why the blackout had such a dramatic effect on its vehicles. One possible culprit: The blackout took down many of the city’s traffic lights. (In fact, with the blackout affecting both lights and Muni mass transit, San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie warned residents to stay off the roads unless they needed to travel.)
Others theorized that Waymo might have been affected by an interruption in cell service or traffic data.
The blackout appears to have been caused by a fire at a Pacific Gas & Electric substation in the city. SFGate reports that around 120,000 PG&E customers were affected by the blackout, and while the majority of them had power restored by late Saturday, 35,000 customers were still without power on Sunday morning. PG&E’s website also showed thousands of San Francisco customers still affected at that time.
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A letter from Tiger Global Management that leaked earlier this month said Waymo is now providing 450,000 robotaxi rides per week, nearly double the amount that the Alphabet-owned company disclosed in the spring.