Waymo announced a voluntary recall Friday for its fleet of self-driving cars after Texas authorities reported that the vehicles have passed stopped school buses on at least 19 occasions since the start of the academic year.
The incidents, which took place in Austin, led the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to start an investigation in October into Waymo’s vehicles in the vicinity of school buses.
On Wednesday, the federal agency requested detailed reports from the company in regard to the Texas cases by Jan. 20, 2026.
Waymo, a subsidiary of Alphabet Inc., which operates robotaxis in an expanding roster of U.S. cities, cited a software flaw that caused vehicles to briefly stop, then drive past the buses….