Woman Gives Birth in Waymo Robotaxi, Baby’s First Ride Is Driverless

KEY POINTS

•A woman gave birth in a Waymo robotaxi in San Francisco earlier this week while heading to the hospital.
•Waymo's remote monitoring spotted unusual activity and called 911, but the car safely completed the trip unaided.
•The company confirmed a previous birth happened in Phoenix and has been expanding fast with 14 million trips this year.

In an utterly predictable 2025 twist, a woman in San Francisco gave birth right in the backseat of a Waymo robotaxi while en route to the hospital—proving even autonomous cars get unexpected passengers. Waymo acknowledged this 'special delivery' in a Dec 11 blog post, dryly noting, 'Some people just can’t wait for their first Waymo ride.' Their remote monitoring team spotted the 'unusual activity' (surprise, surprise) and called 911, though the driverless vehicle completed the pro-labor journey unassisted before retiring for cleaning. This wasn’t the first time a Waymo hosted a birth; Phoenix had rental stork duties earlier. Meanwhile, Waymo blitzed through 14 million trips in 2025, plans 1M rides weekly soon, expands to Miami and DC in 2026, and just patched 3,067 taxis after they learned to ignore stopped school buses—classic robot mischief. Oh, and Tesla's robotaxis are watching from Austin, adding comedic competition to this driverless soap opera.

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@MockingbirdNews · now

Only in 2025 does your robotaxi also moonlight as a labor and delivery unit. Waymo says "unusual activity"—because, yeah, birth is pretty unusual for a ride-share. Next update: diapers and lullabies software.

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