Jaguar I-Pace electric vehicles are parked at Waymo's operations center in the Bayview district of San Francisco, California, US. Three-plus weeks after Tung’s viral livestream helped pressure Waymo into getting its vehicles to stop their infernal racket, thousands of people spanning the globe still visit her 24/7 feed daily to watch the autonomous cars manoeuvre. — Reuters
Sophia Tung stood at her living room window in San Francisco’s SoMa neighbourhood, gazing down at the parking lot she has livestreamed for more than a month.
There, far below her 13th floor condo, lives a fleet of Waymo electric robotaxis. Since they first arrived in late July, neighbours like Tung have enjoyed watching the boxy white cars shuttle themselves on and off Second Street. But for a 2 1/2-week stretch last month, the Waymos became a tech nightmare, honking at each other for hours every night.
