A woman in the US gave birth to what is believed to be the world’s first Tesla baby – an infant delivered in the front seat of electric car Tesla Model 3 while the car was on autopilot driving en route to the hospital.
The baby, born in September, is now being termed as the world’s ‘first Tesla baby’.
Philadelphia resident Yiran Sherry, 33, was with her husband, Keating, 34, and three-year-old son Rafa in the car when the courageous delivery took place in September, the Philadelphia Inquirer reported.
Yiran Sherry’s waters broke while the family was stuck in traffic. With contractions increasing rapidly and traffic barely moving, the couple realized they were not going to make it in time.
Her husband placed the vehicle on autopilot mode after setting the navigation system to the hospital, 20 minutes away in the western suburb of Paoli, the report said.
“She was squeezing my hand to the point where I thought she was going to shatter it. I was (saying) ‘Yiran, OK, focus on your breathing.’ That was advice to myself, as well. My adrenaline was pumping,” the Inquire reported quoting Keating Sherry as saying,
My wife courageously delivered our baby girl, Maeve, in the front seat of our @Tesla model 3 en route to the hospital – here’s the story @PhillyInquirer ! @elonmusk @Tesla thx for the autopilot
— Keating Sherry (@KeatingSherry) December 16, 2021#tesbaby https://t.co/JPMfh7AyhN
Yiran said the decision to give birth in the car or wait until they reach the hospital was an “agonizing” one.
The mother of the infant said the decision over whether to try to wait to give birth until they reached the hospital was an agonizing one. However, she said, she kept glancing at their estimated arrival time and saw it was barely moving.
She gave birth to her daughter as they arrived at the hospital. The baby’s delivery is a good news story for Tesla, which has been plagued by bad publicity over safety concerns and workplace abuse, the report said.
(With inputs from agencies)
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