Waymo has suspended its ride-hailing service in downtown Los Angeles after five of its vehicles were torched during volatile anti-ICE protests that led to dozens of arrests and the deployment of ...

See debris of Waymo cars after being torched in LA protests Mere piles of ash are all that remain of several Waymo cars set on fire in the Los Angeles protests, a June 9 social media video showed.

A Waymo car burns in the street as smoke billows during protests in Los Angeles, California, on June 8, 2025. David Pashaee/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images The ...

Around 100 of Waymo’s 1,500 total robotaxis currently operate in Los Angeles during normal conditions, covering roughly 79 square miles from Santa Monica to downtown L.A. After those five cars ...

Waymo has cut off taxi service to parts of Los Angeles after five of its self-driving vehicles were torched during weekend protests about immigration raids. Images Sunday of downtown show Waymo ...

In May, Waymo said it was providing more than 250,000 paid robot taxi rides a week in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Austin and Phoenix. Eli Tan covers the technology industry for The Times from San ...

Waymo has not indicated when it plans to resume service in downtown Los Angeles. Protests in California began Saturday after ICE raids in the Los Angeles Fashion District and continued Sunday.

Protesters smashed the windows of multiple Waymo robot taxis and then set them on fire. The police warned of toxic fumes released by burning lithium-ion batteries.

It seems silly, in this context, when the stakes are so high, to talk about Waymo, a robotaxi company most of the country doesn’t know exists because its driverless, for-hire electric vehicles ...

24/7 Wall St. Key Points: Waymo’s self-driving fortunes were set back as protesters set some of them on fire during L.A. ICE protests. This comes at a time when competition has heated up because ...

Metro. Moment LA protester sets Waymo self-driving car alight on third night of chaos. Posted: 9 June 2025 | Last updated: 16 June 2025. Law enforcement faced off with hundreds of protesters in ...