Fourth of July celebrations saw several of Waymo's autonomous vehicles suffer operational failures amid the holiday gridlock.

Several Waymo vehicles had to be towed away after the company said their batteries died while they were stuck in heavy San Francisco traffic amid Fourth of July celebrations.

A line of Waymo vehicles stopped near the roundabout on Girard Road in the Presidio around 8:30 p.m. on July 4, 2026. (Silas Valentino/SFGATE) In the hour leading up to the Fourth of July fireworks show off the Golden Gate Bridge on Saturday,

Multiple Waymo robotaxis ran out of battery and were towed after becoming trapped in severe Fourth of July traffic in San Francisco.

A passenger in a San Francisco Waymo vehicle was recording as the car failed to detect a lit firework and drove over top of it. The incident comes as the robotaxi provider had to tow other cars in its fleet after their batteries died in heavy holiday traffic.

An hours-long traffic jam in San Francisco on Saturday July 4 was partly the result of stalled Waymo vehicles, the autonomous car company has confirmed. Alleged videos of the gridlock surfaced on X, where drivers posted angrily about Waymo cars that wouldn't move.

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