The name is decided: father and mother have agreed that he will be called David. And David will certainly agree, when he is older, that his birth story is unusual. There was no delivery room, because this baby turned out to be a real “career special” and I didn’t want to wait any longer. She signaled to the mother, the mother transmitted to the father, and the father stopped. On the side of the road, on the way to the hospital. Steppenwolf’s well-known song “Born To Be Wild” didn’t play on the radio, but it could: David didn’t even wait for his mother to get up from the “hanging” seat, seeking a more comfortable position in the back seat. He didn’t wait for the doctors or nurses either. He was born with the help of his father, guided from a distance by a midwife, aboard a Mustang Mach-E, Ford’s electric SUV.
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The blue oval brand announced, “with satisfaction and joy”, that it is the first birth of a baby aboard a Ford battery-powered model. But, between the surprise and the satisfaction that everything went well, the manufacturer also ends up admitting that a situation of this type is far from being part of the development program of any car.
We take testing very seriously during the development of our vehicles, but honestly, giving birth in the front passenger seat is not part of our regular testing programs,” said Ford President and CEO Jim Farley.
Nor were the Vingsteds prepared for this adventure. Christine and Jens were expecting the baby, but they weren’t expecting an unusual delivery. The Danish couple already had some experience in the matter, acquired with the birth of Thomas, the couple’s first child. Therefore, when Christine started having her first contractions, they both thought that everything was under control, with plenty of time to get to the hospital.
This pair needed to include a third element, David, and he was the one who had the last word. According to Ford’s reports, Christine’s water broke shortly after the couple left for the hospital. But unlike his brother, who was only born after a long 48-hour labor, David was in a hurry to join the family. It is the first “child” of the Mustang Mach-Enot because of a lack of energy in the Ford’s battery to reach motherhood, but because of an apparent desire to make its… autonomy clear.
The truth is that the Ringsted couple, faced with a new “challenge”, does not fail to recognize that, despite being different, this birth “was a very pleasant experience”. And the CEO of Ford found in the unusual birth a way to materialize the connection with the brand: “We like to think of our customers as members of the family and, in this case, it is totally true.”
Now it’s just a matter of waiting for David to grow up and be able to drive, to know How much does the umbilical cord stretch?that is, which car will the Baby Mach-E to go for a spin. Or go back to the family…
Source: Observadora
