Waymo says it will pause rides when winter weather exceeds its limits

Waymo said on Nov. 5 that it will shrink a service area or pause rides, for hours or days, when forecast or live weather exceeds the conditions its Safety Framework has validated. The company said its sixth-generation Driver uses heaters, micro-wipers, and per-wheel traction adjustments, and that it is fitting snow tires on the winter fleet. It also said it will run closed-course tests and collect heavy-snow data in Alaska this season, after tens of thousands of miles in Upstate New York, Michigan's Upper Peninsula, and the Sierra Nevada.