A Waymo self-driving Jaguar I-PACE robotaxi was set ablaze and vandalized by a crowd in San Francisco on Saturday night. The stunning incident, which drew criticism from social media customers, occurred within the metropolis’s Chinatown space.
Michael Vandi, a software program engineer who occurred to be within the space when the incident occurred, described the sequence of occasions that transpired which led to the group attacking the Jaguar I-PACE and setting it on fireplace. As per The Autopian, there was a small visitors holdup with a Waymo in entrance of it. This reportedly resulted in an individual leaping into the hood of the automotive and breaking the car’s windshield.
occurring NOW in SF. Waymo automotive vandalized & lit on fireplace 🤯@sfchronicle pic.twitter.com/OEZYFiy6mv
— Michael Vandi (@michael_vandi) February 11, 2024
What adopted was chaos. One other individual reportedly jumped on the hood of the self-driving car, which prompted cheers from different folks. Others quickly broke the self-driving I-PACE’s glass and vandalized the car. Issues escalated additional when fireworks had been lit underneath and contained in the automotive. The car proceeded to burn because of this.
BREAKING: An autonomous Waymo car is deliberately set on fireplace in Chinatown, in response to SF Hearth. Firefighters mentioned they received experiences round 10 folks had been concerned.
Waymo mentioned “a crowd surrounded and vandalized the car, breaking the window and throwing a firework … pic.twitter.com/6QN2jTppRu
— Gia Vang (@Gia_Vang) February 11, 2024
Franky Francisco with FriscoLive415, which has shared footage of the stunning occasion, described his observations in the course of the occasion’s aftermath. As per Francisco, the Jaguar I-PACE’s battery appeared to have reignited a number of instances because the car burned.
@Waymo on fireplace in sf chinatown 😭 pic.twitter.com/7dlQnBMQyT
— nathan (@_nathanmarquez_) February 11, 2024
“Once I arrived on the scene, SFFD was already on scene hosing down the automotive with water and their chemical extinguishers. The battery seemed to be reigniting a number of instances and was smoking like loopy. The dwell footage I did on X provides an honest thought of how I got here onto the scene, which was after the assault on the car. The car seemed utterly ‘decapitated’ and I’ve by no means seen a car that broken up shut,” he mentioned.
Waymo Automobile surrounded after which graffiti’d, home windows had been damaged, and firework lit on fireplace contained in the car which finally caught all the car on fireplace. #SFFDPhotos by Séraphine Hossenlopp pic.twitter.com/aOTqL3Rk8V
— SAN FRANCISCO FIRE DEPARTMENT MEDIA (@SFFDPIO) February 11, 2024
Waymo has issued a brief assertion concerning the incident: “At roughly 9 PM on Saturday, February tenth, a totally autonomous Waymo car was navigating on Jackson Road in San Francisco when a crowd surrounded and vandalized the car, breaking the window and throwing a firework inside, which set the car on fireplace. The car was not transporting any riders and no accidents have been reported. We’re working intently with native security officers to answer the scenario,” Waymo famous.
Watch FriscoLive415’s footage of the incident within the video under.
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