Dec 20, 2021 17:00:00

Birth during Tesla car autopilot

The 'Autopilot,' a function installed in Tesla vehicles that assists in speed and steering in the lane according to traffic conditions, is being

investigated by the US Department of Transportation due to a series of collision accidents. However, there are new reports of women who have successfully given birth in the car using the autopilot function.

Long but eventful drive to the hospital
https://www.inquirer.com/life/yiran-keating-sherry-wayne-rafa-maeve-tesla-shanghai-san-francisco-teachers-china-mandarin-20211215.html

Newborn Called'Tesla Baby' After Mom Gives Birth in Back Seat of Car | PEOPLE.com
https://people.com/human-interest/nurses-call-this-newborn-the-tesla-baby-after-mom-gave-birth-car-autopilot/

Baby driver: Philadelphia woman gives birth in front seat of Tesla on autopilot | Tesla | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/dec/19/tesla-baby-philadelphia-autopilot

Iran Shelley, a mother of a 3-year-old child living in Philadelphia, USA, said she felt that labor had begun at midnight on September 9, 2021. However, Iran, who thought that 'there is still time to give birth' from the experience of giving birth to Rafa, who is three years old, said that he was doing laundry and preparing for Rafa to go to kindergarten the next morning.

When my husband, Keating, prepared breakfast for Rafa and went to see Iran, I encountered the moment Iran broke. Mr. Iran told me that he would like Rafa to come to the hospital and then pick him up, but Mr. Keating thought that he had no time and decided to take Mr. Iran to the hospital as it was. By the time I got into the passenger seat of Tesla, Iran was in a state where he couldn't walk.

Although the family departed safely, the car was caught in a traffic jam due to the rush hour. So Keating switched Tesla to an autopilot, put his left hand on the steering wheel, and grabbed Iran's hand while watching Rafa sit alone in the backseat. About that time, Keating said, 'She squeezed my hand so hard that it seemed to shatter my hand. I said to Iran,'OK, let's focus on breathing,' but that was also a word for me. Adrenaline I saw it coming out. '

The car arrived at the hospital in about 20 minutes, and Iran gave birth to her daughter in the passenger seat. The umbilical cord was cut in the passenger seat by the hands of a pediatrician. Iran and the newborn baby were to be hospitalized, but the nurse called the baby 'Tesla Baby' and came to see the situation.

Mr. Keating, Mr. Iran, and Mr. Rafa boarding Tesla where the baby was born.

“I'm just grateful to Tesla's genius engineers for creating the amazing design of the Autopilot,” says Keating. In addition, it seems that the name 'Tess' was also considered for the baby, but it was finally named Mave Lily.