A nightly Waymo robotaxi parking lot honkfest is waking San Francisco neighbors

If you’ve ever wondered what happens to all those self-driving taxis when the world is asleep, one YouTube channel has you covered. Since the beginning of the month, software engineer Sophia Tung has been livestreaming a San Francisco parking lot that Waymo is renting to give its robotaxis somewhere to go during their downtime.

Tung told The Verge via email that the company appeared to “partially” take over the lot on July 28th then later took over the entire lot. Waymo recently opened up its robotaxi service to anyone in San Francisco.

Days later, she set up the livestream, complete with LoFi study beats. Tung told us she’s running it off of a mini PC she had laying around, with a webcam surrounded by a cereal box to reduce glare….

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