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Is there a way to manually add / log a drive that was not logged by TeslaFi?
I used my care today, while logging was disabled due to an issue with the token. I only found out about this afterwards. I know the start and end location, the energy used, the consumption from the tesla stats. Is there a way to manually add this drive to the TeslaFi logs?
Clicking noises for 34 minutes after each ride, caused by TeslaFi requests during "idle time". Sleeping works fine.
After each ride TeslaFi wakes the car repeatedly for 34 minutes. After this the car sleeps as expected (until next ride or until the car wakes up on its own to recharge the 12V battery).
However during these 34 minutes the high voltage relay clicks every 60s (so high voltage is enabled for 1 minute, then disabled for 1 minute).
TeslaFi setting "Idle Time Before Trying to Sleep" has direct influence on the total clicking duration. If set to 30 minutes -> 34 minutes clicking, if set to 10 minutes -> 14 minutes clicking, if set to 5 minutes -> 10min clicking.
If TeslaFi is disabled (by unchecking "Logging Enabled"), high voltage is disabled only once (2 minutes after locking the car) and not reenabled (for hours). Then only 2 clicks of the shutdown sequence are audible.
"Polling Time While Idle" was usually set to 1 minute (default). If set to e.g. 5 minutes: the car enables the HV only for 1 minute every 5 minutes (for ~30 minutes in total, after a ride only). There is one loud click which indicates HV enabling. 60s later and 120s later two quiet click indicates HV disabling.
Test conditions
- TeslaFi default settings restored by "Reset Settings"
- Tesla Model S 2016 facelift, AP1, no sentry
- 'Always Connected' is turned off
- 'Energy Savings' is turned on in the vehicle.
- 'Cabin Overheat Protection' off
- No camping mode or dog mode enabled.
- 'Passive Entry' off (so key fob does not wake up the car unintentionally).
- No OBD connected
- Tesla app was stopped sometimes, but usually just closed (because no effect).
- No charger connected
- Usually good LTE connection
- 12V-battery voltage monitor (shows me e.g.: if the car is running from 12V battery or high voltage battery).
- All available software updates installed.
- Systematic TeslaFi tests performed on 2021-07-22 and 2021-07-23
I observed same clicking for ~30minutes on a Tesla Model S 2018 which also uses TeslaFi. The repeated clicking also disappeared after TeslaFi was disabled (by unchecking "Logging Enabled").
- Same settings (additionally: sentry disabled).
- No charger connected.
- No 12V-battery voltage monitor
- No OBD connected
- All software updates installed.
I probably heard this clicking for more than a month on both cars (without observing it for longer time).
I tried modifying a few settings according to TeslaFi sleeping guide. Without success.Is TeslaFi aware of that problem? It is not "Car is not sleeping".
Could TeslaFi poll faster than every 60s during idle time?
Battery Degradation as a function of age OR mileage
The "Battery Degradation Report" is very interesting but I have a low mileage M3 (~12k miles) that is 28 months old. My degradation report is showing a more extreme capacity decline since I'm being compared to much newer vehicles. It would be interesting to also be able to see how my car compares to models of the same age. Comparing vehicles with similar age AND mileage would be ideal but I suspect that population would be very small.
Charge rate in kw
Would be nice if you could select if you want the charge rate displayed in kw, since I personally do not like the km/h display. It would also be cool if the overview for a charging session could display the average charging rate. Maximum would also be nice.
How do I set a cost per minute charging rate a charging location I frequent often?
I have to charge through the Blink charging network frequently at a given location. This has a fixed rate of $.02/30 seconds of charging. Is there a way to use this rate automatically in calculating the charging cost for that geo location?
Sleep settings explained
I know James did a good job explaining sleep settings here
...but until I wrote down the following, I just could not wrap my head around it. So sharing in case this helps others to understand how this works
- While in Idle
- Will poll vehicle 1/min (the Polling Time While Idle value)
- …for this period of time: Idle Time Before Trying To Sleep (30 m)
- After this time has expired, will NOT poll vehicle for period of time: Time To Try Sleeping (15 m)
- … in an attempt to let the car sleep
- If detect car is asleep, then will not poll, but will continue to check if it is asleep
- If detect car did not fall asleep, Go back to step 1
- If car awakes from sleep, go back to step 1
The above is true when NOT in Nighttime TeslaFi Sleep Mode or Deep Sleep Mode
Add button to enter sleep mode
Add a button on the main page to stop polling and try to put the vehicle into sleep mode.
This is particularly useful when going to work. After parking, I know I'm not going anywhere else, so I'd like to put the car to sleep right away instead of waiting for the idle period.
Notify when Supercharging alongside another TeslaFi Member
I've always had great conversations when I meet a fellow TeslaFi member, since TeslaFi folks seem to have a well-above-average interest in learning more about the performance and features of their Tesla. So, since TeslaFi tracks who's supercharging at what supercharger location, it would be great to get a text notification when supercharging at the same location as another Teslafi member. Something like:
"Another TeslaFi member is supercharging at your location. They're driving a Midnight Silver Model X."
This could be turned off in settings.
Michael
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