2025 Tesla Commands Limit

Tesla will start to charge for each command sent on February 1st, 2025.

Commands are commands sent to the car such as enabling the HVAC system, adjusting temperature, start/stop charging.  Wakes are used to wake the vehicle when it is sleeping.  A wake request must be sent to wake the car before the command is sent if it is sleeping.

Starting February 1st, 2025, each TeslaFi account will include 500 command requests and 25 wake requests per month. You can open a support ticket in the help menu to add on additional command requests or wake requests at an additional cost of $0.25 per 25 wake requests each month or $0.25 per 250 command requests per month.

Command and Wake counts will reset on the 1st of each month.

You can find live counts of each request in Settings -> Account.

Included commands cost $0.50 from Tesla if a user were to use all of them.

We’ve taken into account that only about 25% of our users utilize commands, and a good percentage of those won’t use the entire included amount. Essentially, we could lower our subscription  price by $0.05 or so a month if we didn’t include commands.

Controls were not heavily factored into the new pricing. Our goal was to give everyone the option to send a few commands via scheduling or live controls without requiring them to purchase an add-on. The vast majority of the new expenses are for data collection.

Live Controls, Scheduling, Climate Presets, and TeslaFi API Usage:

Tesla has requested that the vehicle state should be verified before sending a command request and sending a command while the vehicle is sleeping will no longer wake the vehicle. When a command is requested through any of the means above, we will check to see if the vehicle is asleep or online through the vehicle list Fleet API endpoint. This is a free endpoint and does not interact with the vehicle but provides its online status.  

If the vehicle is awake, the command will be sent, and a usage added to the command count on your TeslaFi account.  

If the vehicle is asleep, TeslaFi will send a wake command and pause for 15 seconds before sending the command. A usage would be added to the command count and wake count.

If all 25 wake commands or additionally purchased wake commands are used before the end of the month and the vehicle is sleeping during the command request, the command will not be sent. A message will appear after attempting a live control, the schedules log will display a message, or the TeslaFi API history will contain a message.

Please refer to more detailed information on wake handling for the TeslaFi API at Settings ->TeslaFi API.