California woman gives birth inside self-driving Waymo taxi

A large pistillate gave commencement wrong a self-driving Waymo taxi this week arsenic she was heading to a infirmary successful California, the institution said.

The pistillate was connected her mode to the University of California, San Francisco aesculapian halfway connected Monday erstwhile Waymo's rider enactment squad noticed antithetic enactment wrong her vehicle, contacted 911 and called to cheque connected the passenger.

She yet delivered the babe wrong the self-driving vehicle, Waymo told Fox News Digital.

"We’re arrogant to beryllium a trusted thrust for moments large and small, serving riders from conscionable seconds aged to galore years young," a Waymo spokesperson said. "We privation the caller household each the best, and we look guardant to safely getting them wherever they’re going done galore of life's events."

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A Waymo robotaxi drives on California Street connected Dec. 8, 2025, successful San Francisco.  (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Waymo, which is owned by Google’s genitor company, Alphabet, declined to elaborate connected however the conveyance knew thing was amiss. 

The institution has said it has cameras and microphones wrong arsenic good arsenic extracurricular the cars.

The mother, babe and conveyance arrived safely astatine the infirmary up of exigency services, Waymo said.

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In an aerial view, Waymo robotaxis beryllium parked astatine a Waymo installation connected Dec. 8, 2025, successful San Francisco.  (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Jess Berthold, a UCSF spokesperson, confirmed to The Associated Press that the parent and kid were brought to the hospital.

Waymo said the conveyance was instantly taken retired of work for cleaning aft the ride. While inactive rare, this was not the archetypal babe delivered successful 1 of its taxis, the institution added.

The quality comes aft Waymo issued a voluntary callback of its self-driving cars aft Texas officials reported astatine slightest 19 incidents of the vehicles passing stopped schoolhouse buses. 

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) connected Wednesday asked Waymo to explicate the Texas incidents by Jan. 20.

A Waymo robotaxi drives on The Embarcadero connected Dec. 8, 2025, successful San Francisco. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

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Footage provided by the Austin Independent School District shows astatine slightest 19 incidents since the schoolhouse twelvemonth began successful which Waymo vehicles traveled past stopped schoolhouse buses with flashing reddish lights and halt arms deployed, portion pedestrians were visibly walking successful adjacent streets and crosswalks. 

Fox News Digital's Sophia Compton and The Associated Press contributed to this report.