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Waymo robotaxis crowd public EV chargers in San Diego, drawing resident complaints and calls for regulation
San Diego drivers report finding public charging stations occupied by Waymo driverless vehicles since the fleet's official launch in September, with testing vehicles appearing months earlier. One Mach-E driver waited an hour last month, and another resident says he sometimes waits more than half an hour, with one account describing three Waymos in a four-space station. Local politicians are calling for more regulation of automated vehicles, according to the report on how California is working out rules for AI-enabled bots.
Why it matters
Robotaxi fleets are becoming heavy users of limited public charging, creating friction with private drivers and drawing political attention to site access. CPOs and procurement teams may need to consider fleet-specific capacity, pricing and dwell-time policies, as well as the risk of regulation shaping how shared sites are allocated.