--- title: "Woman Gives Birth in Tesla While Stuck in NYC Traffic Hell" description: "A woman was forced to give birth inside a luxury Tesla that was stuck in standstill New York City traffic." date: "2021-12-07" modified: "2021-12-07" authors: - name: "Noor Al-Sibai" job_title: "Senior Staff Writer" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/nooralsibai" url: "https://futurism.com/neoscope/woman-gives-birth-tesla-nyc-traffic" categories: - "Advanced Transport" - "Developments" - "Health & Medicine" - "Tesla" tags: - "childbirth" - "elon musk" - "health" - "tesla" --- # Woman Gives Birth in Tesla While Stuck in NYC Traffic Hell ![A woman was forced to give birth inside a luxury Tesla that was stuck in standstill New York City traffic.]() *\Image: Getty Images\* Move over, "The Day After Tomorrow" — New Yorkers now have a new worst nightmare. As [*The New York Post* reported](), a woman was forced to give birth inside a luxury Tesla that was stuck in standstill traffic, as her husband tried to drive her to the hospital for the delivery. This wasn't any old traffic, either: they were on 5th Avenue in Manhattan's Midtown neighborhood, home to the uberbusy Times Square and some of the worst congestion in the US. What's worse, it was on a Sunday in early December, when shoppers were invariably clogging the streets as they trawled the shopping district. To be fair, the luxurious Model X is a far cry from having to give birth, say, [on the New York City subway](). But unless the woman's husband was an obstetrician and a great multitasker, it could have presented serious risks for both mother and child. Luckily, the woman and her new baby girl are, according to the *Post*, just fine — and it seems like the Model X's "falcon" winged doors came in handy for getting them out and onto a stretcher so they could take an ambulance to the hospital. https://twitter.com/SawyerMerritt/status/1467987156874448901 Interestingly enough, this woman was not the first to give birth in a Tesla this year, nor the first to do so on the busy streets of NYC. That distinction appears to [go to Allison Goldfarb](), who in January gave birth to her second child in the front seat of her husband's Tesla, just after getting off the [infamous George Washington Bridge]() that runs between New Jersey and upper Manhattan, and while fighting traffic to get to the delivery room. Even wilder: she and her husband Blake *both had COVID-19 at the time*, which is only slightly worse than driving through Midtown on a Sunday before Christmas. After all, if [people are shooting porn inside Teslas](), these childbirth stories feel like they're part of the circle of life. And as [one Twitter user mused](), it may be time for [notorious inseminator Elon Musk]() to introduce a "birthing mode" to his company's electric cars. **READ MORE:** [Woman gives birth in fancy Tesla while stuck in NYC traffic]() \[*The New York Post*\] **More on Tesla x bodily fluid collabs:** [*Oh Great, They’re Filming Porn Inside Teslas on Autopilot*]() ## Author At Futurism, I've often been drawn to unpacking the narratives that underlie technological, scientific and medical progress, with a special interest in areas of conflict and ambiguity that end up setting agendas and steering the fates of both elites and the hoi polloi. I'm a committed generalist, but I often find myself returning to work involving NASA and the private space sector, the effects of AI on media and society, and the mechanics of the pharmaceutical industry, with a specific focus on the spread of GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy. Prior to Futurism, I worked for publications ranging from Media Matters and Truthdig to Raw Story and Bustle. I'm also the author of "Myspace Scene Queens," a 2024 title in Instar Books' acclaimed "Remember the Internet" series. My work at Futurism has been cited by outlets including the New Yorker, Slate, Nieman Lab, the Verge, the MIT Technology Review, the Sunday Times, and the Daily Beast. I grew up in North Carolina, attended the University of North Carolina at Asheville, and now live in Brooklyn, New York. In my free time, I'm an avid reader and music fan; you can probably find me at a local poetry reading, concert, underground rave, or DJ set. I'm the proud parent of an ineffable orange cat named Mee-Mow. ### Author social links [Bluesky]()