Tesla Motors has asked me to say that Tesla Model S vehicle owners should not use this software.
First, here is a link to the working extension in the chrome store
and the source is on github.
I spent the last few weeks working on this extension in my free time. I sometimes was at the computer and my phone was in a different room, and I wanted to start/stop charging my car, so I decided to go ahead and make an easy way to do that from any computer. I extracted images from Tesla's android application and got to work creating the application to be as friendly and easy to use as possible. When finished the application looked like this: Tesla Extension Old - Imgur
I, hoping to cover my bases, decided to email Tesla's marketing team asking for permission to use their images. I (stupidly) assumed that Tesla would be happy to see the community providing useful applications. Unfortunately I received a terse email forbidding me from using their images or logo. I wrote back asking if there was anyone else I could speak to about this, but still have not received a response. To be frank, I was and still am disappointed, but understand that a company needs to be careful with the use of their copyrighted materials.
I am a developer, not a graphics artist, so I wrote a program to generate placeholder images for any images that were taken from the app, and replaced a few things with css versions for usability. Now the application looks like this:
Tesla Extension New - Imgur
I hope Tesla changes their mind and decides to give permission to use their assets, but until then I am coming to the community for help.
TL;DR: If you or anyone that you know is a graphics artist and are up to helping me make this app beautiful again please contact me. I am hoping that the community will be able to replace all images and make this extension completely open sourced. If you are not a graphics artist, but want to show your support, please post. Maybe Tesla will see this and change their minds.
Until then enjoy the extension. Though ugly, it should work. The climate page is the worst, but above the current temperature there are up and down buttons, click those to change the temperature just like the phone app. If you have any questions or bugs please let me know and I will do my best to help.
I also have a Reddit Thread about it. I usually use Reddit so it might be easier to contact me there, but I will be checking this thread a lot as well. Thanks
First, here is a link to the working extension in the chrome store
and the source is on github.
I spent the last few weeks working on this extension in my free time. I sometimes was at the computer and my phone was in a different room, and I wanted to start/stop charging my car, so I decided to go ahead and make an easy way to do that from any computer. I extracted images from Tesla's android application and got to work creating the application to be as friendly and easy to use as possible. When finished the application looked like this: Tesla Extension Old - Imgur
I, hoping to cover my bases, decided to email Tesla's marketing team asking for permission to use their images. I (stupidly) assumed that Tesla would be happy to see the community providing useful applications. Unfortunately I received a terse email forbidding me from using their images or logo. I wrote back asking if there was anyone else I could speak to about this, but still have not received a response. To be frank, I was and still am disappointed, but understand that a company needs to be careful with the use of their copyrighted materials.
I am a developer, not a graphics artist, so I wrote a program to generate placeholder images for any images that were taken from the app, and replaced a few things with css versions for usability. Now the application looks like this:
Tesla Extension New - Imgur
I hope Tesla changes their mind and decides to give permission to use their assets, but until then I am coming to the community for help.
TL;DR: If you or anyone that you know is a graphics artist and are up to helping me make this app beautiful again please contact me. I am hoping that the community will be able to replace all images and make this extension completely open sourced. If you are not a graphics artist, but want to show your support, please post. Maybe Tesla will see this and change their minds.
Until then enjoy the extension. Though ugly, it should work. The climate page is the worst, but above the current temperature there are up and down buttons, click those to change the temperature just like the phone app. If you have any questions or bugs please let me know and I will do my best to help.
I also have a Reddit Thread about it. I usually use Reddit so it might be easier to contact me there, but I will be checking this thread a lot as well. Thanks
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