Elon Musk hints at a ‘dog mode’ feature for Tesla owners to safely leave their pets in their car
Paige Leskin 10/22/18
Tesla cars may soon come with a special “dog mode” feature that offers a solution to leaving your pet alone in a sweltering parked car.
The idea for such a feature was floated last week by Twitter user @nynex in a tweet to Tesla CEO’s Elon Musk. The user suggested that Tesla Model 3’s “dog mode” would activate air conditioning, music, and a sign for passersby that says the dog is doing OK.
Musk, who has never shied away from casual interactions with Twitter users, replied to the request with a simple “yes.”
So Musk’s simple “yes” isn’t exactly a resounding guarantee that Tesla is going full-speed ahead with “dog mode,” but it suggests it’s on the company’s radar.
The informal tone in the way Musk replies to users is, compared to other Fortune 500 CEOs, incredibly unorthodox. But more notably and notoriously, Musk is known for his trigger-happy Twitter presence, which has gotten him into trouble (more than once) with his companies’ stockholders and government agencies.
But Musk, who also serves as CEO of SpaceX and Boring Company, has actually listened to Twitter’s suggestions in the past for Tesla fixes.
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