Never forget baby in the car thanks to Tesla…

In collaboration with the car seat manufacturer Babyark, Tesla will allow its smartphone app to alert about forgetting a baby on board…

Welcome to a world where you are relieved of all responsibility, all constraints, all awareness of your surroundings. Tesla had already introduced a Dog Mode to keep your pet cool during a trip, and it was a great idea. In the United States, the use of this feature is known and accepted, which is not the case in France where there is a legal obligation to alert authorities if an animal is forgotten in a car during high temperatures.

Today, Tesla aims to go even further. In partnership with the well-known baby seat manufacturer Babyark, your car will soon be able to alert you if you have forgotten your child in the vehicle…

In practice, it is always better to address parental failings to avoid a tragedy. A study by the NHTSA reveals that 29 children died in the United States in 2023 from heatstroke after being left in overheated vehicles. These tragic deaths often occur when these children are accidentally forgotten by their parents or guardians, or when they access the car alone.

Let us remember that this type of tragedy highlights the speed at which a child’s body temperature can rise compared to that of an adult, which can lead to a fatal heatstroke in a very short time.

An alert on your smartphone

Babyark already offers a connected car seat priced at $1200 (1100 euros) that provides information on the proper fastening of the safety harness (children can sometimes unbuckle themselves while you are driving!) and the base with the ISOFIX system. An extremely intelligent seat that allows slight displacement of the structure in the event of a crash to reduce the energy transmitted to the child’s body.

Tesla is currently not very forthcoming about this new system, which would be redundant with the car seat, knowing that globally, few customers own Babyark seats. According to code lines deciphered by fans of the brand, it could involve camera monitoring once a seat is recognized as being clipped into the ISOFIX system. Drivers can already inform their vehicle of the presence of a baby seat to deactivate the rear seat belt warning.

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