The steering wheel inside a Rivian R1T electric vehicle. Experts have long warned against leaving pets in an unattended car, but electric carmakers promise their systems have safeguards built in. In these cars and trucks, a driver sets the climate control to run either before getting out of the car or remotely via an app. — Bloomberg
The Roseville, Minnesota, fire department has lots of trucks, but its latest had to be electric. That’s the one that carries Ashes, its therapy dog, to and from fires, funerals and any other place where public safety officers need a morale boost.
Assistant Chief Niel Sjostrom says Ashes gets cozy in pretty much any vehicle, but the department’s new Rivian Automotive Inc SUV has programmable climate control, so the pup stays safe when the truck is parked in the heat of summer or cold of winter.
