Elon Musk says Tesla's new technology, rolling out next week, will be able to automatically detect if a pet is locked in one of his company's electric vehicles. Photo / Getty.
Elon Musk says Tesla's new technology, rolling out next week, will be able to automatically detect if a pet is locked in one of his company's electric vehicles. Photo / Getty.
Elon Musk's Tesla cars are about to get a "dog mode" to protect pets from overheating.
The billionaire entrepreneur said the technology would be rolled out to his fleet of Model 3 electric vehicles next week.
It will be able to detect when a pet is locked inside the car— and keep the temperature at a safe level.
There will also likely be a display or some form of communication to inform passers-by that the dog is safe.
The feature was added after Musk was inundated with tweets from customers.
Mid-week, Musk responded to a relative of a Tesla owner whose car window had been smashed.
The Twitter-user wrote: "Any update on sentry mode? Brother in law has his window broken into twice in the past two months."
Musk replied: "Sentry Mode (and Dog Mode) roll out next week."
Sentry Mode will use the dashcam to record footage in the event of an attempted break-in.
And it is rumoured the car will play loud classical music through the stereo system to draw attention to the intruder and encourage passersby to call the police.
