Multiple phones = multiple accounts?

[Kreten]

We have two Model S in our company and we have following setup:

• As an owner of the company, I see both cars. I setup it in a way that I get notification only from my car.
• Guy, who has the 2nd car has his own Tesla account and he sees only his car.

So I suppose this can be done with Model 3 also.

And once I will get Model 3 for my wife I suppose that she will have her own account and under it, she will see her and my car while I will see her car also...

 

[Akikiki]

We have two Model S in our company and we have following setup:

• As an owner of the company, I see both cars. I setup it in a way that I get notification only from my car.
• Guy, who has the 2nd car has his own Tesla account and he sees only his car.

So I suppose this can be done with Model 3 also.

And once I will get Model 3 for my wife I suppose that she will have her own account and under it, she will see her and my car while I will see her car also...

I ordered a new one and took delivery while I still had my other. For a while I showed both under my account. And because the person who bought my other, took his time getting it registered with Tesla, I saw both long after he had the car. So, yes, the way you describe is routine.

 

[Msjulie]

FWIW when we got ours, I had an account and my husband did not - he got one, Tesla linked them such that both accounts can talk to the car each on their own phone. This was their suggested way to do it..

 

[Akikiki]

FWIW when we got ours, I had an account and my husband did not - he got one, Tesla linked them such that both accounts can talk to the car each on their own phone. This was their suggested way to do it..

Hey-Hey-Hey. Don't go talking to the car from two accounts at the same time. These Model 3's are infants in Tesla years. These Model 3's brains have not developed to the point that the Model S and X brains are. The Model 3s screen might start rebooting on its own from its confusion. Just saying tread carefully and left them sleep late on weekends.

 

[FlyF4]

The intention is that some time she may drive the car, and having her phone work as a key would be the way to go. (Yes, with card as a backup.)

Security best practices would be to have her have her own account and I add her phone to the car via the options there, but I understand if Tesla doesn't want to deal with the idea of someone who doesn't own a car having a Tesla account.

OK, I was sort of thinking that. So what my wife does is installed the Tesla app on her phone and login with the same process as I do. We don't have anything separate for her on the account other than the phone app.

 

[Dave B]

Its of no matter to me, but I disagree with your assessment that its more secure to have two accounts versus one account with the single car.

Okay - disclaimer here: I have a masters in network security, and I've been working in the security field for a dozen years, so this comment is about best practices:

Why I think each user of the car should have their own Tesla account is so you don't have to share passwords. There's only one person that should ever know the password to an account: you No one else should know it, or that security is compromised.

It's about security of the account, and while I completely trust my girlfriend, as a general practice I try not to share my password for any account with anyone. Seems like at least for now I'll have to break that rule in order for her phone to work on my 3.

 

[Msjulie]

Security best practices would be to have her have her own account and I add her phone to the car via the options there, but I understand if Tesla doesn't want to deal with the idea of someone who doesn't own a car having a Tesla account.

*I* own 'our' Tesla, I just decided to be nice to let the hubby have his account linked to it.. I had to tell Tesla it was ok

 

[MorrisonHiker]

It's about security of the account, and while I completely trust my girlfriend, as a general practice I try not to share my password for any account with anyone. Seems like at least for now I'll have to break that rule in order for her phone to work on my 3.

As mentioned earlier, you can contact Tesla and have them add your car to your girlfriend's account. Then there's no need to share passwords.

 

[Dave B]

As mentioned earlier, you can contact Tesla and have them add your car to your girlfriend's account. Then there's no need to share passwords.

So I guess that turns my question into how do I do that? She doesn't own a Tesla, and won't until the Y is available. Does she just reach out to Tesla and request an account?

 

[MorrisonHiker]

So I guess that turns my question into how do I do that? She doesn't own a Tesla, and won't until the Y is available. Does she just reach out to Tesla and request an account?

She can just go to Tesla's site and register. She could configure an S, for example, and then save that configuration in her account. I don't know if that step is necessary but you can create an account on Tesla's site without owning a Tesla.

I know a couple weeks ago, a friend sold his 3 and the buyer already had an account but didn't own a Tesla already. The friend contacted Tesla and was able to add the car to the buyer's account even though the car hasn't officially been transferred yet. This allowed the new buyer to view his new car but not my friend's car. Once the car is officially transferred, it will no longer show up on my friend's account. For now, the 3 shows on both accounts but the S only shows on my friend's account.

 

[jym626]

Several questions, esteemed Tesla 3 owners:

Anyone have an update on the best way to go with the multiple phone key issue? Tesla just moved the account to my name from my son's (he had the initial reservation) and we temporarily had both my husband's and my phones on his (son's) account. Now that the account is on my email, I've reset my key, but we are needing to decide if my husband should set up his own account and put the key on it or if we should put both on one account. From what I've read, Tesla allows up to 3 phones on one account. Anyone yet have any preference as to whether there should be 2 separate accounts/separate phone keys for the same car vs keeping both on one account?

I also read that the car will respond to whoever is closer first. Assume that when both of us are riding in the car there is no issue, but if one of us is at work and the other is with the car, does that affect the connectivity? I have had issues with my phone key disconnecting, and don't know if it is due to my being too far from the car for bluetooth to work (that seems possibly to be the issue as I can walk around in my office and it SOMETIMES connects when near the window towards the parking lot, but quickly disconnects when I move the phone or go elsewhere in the office). Other dual-connected bluetooth phone apps, such as our nest home app, has to have one person's phone identified as the primary, and the other a secondary "family member" so it knows who is home and which to respond to. Is this the same?

Thanks in advance

 

[PoitNarf]

Several questions, esteemed Tesla 3 owners:

Anyone have an update on the best way to go with the multiple phone key issue? Tesla just moved the account to my name from my son's (he had the initial reservation) and we temporarily had both my husband's and my phones on his (son's) account. Now that the account is on my email, I've reset my key, but we are needing to decide if my husband should set up his own account and put the key on it or if we should put both on one account. From what I've read, Tesla allows up to 3 phones on one account. Anyone yet have any preference as to whether there should be 2 separate accounts/separate phone keys for the same car vs keeping both on one account?

I also read that the car will respond to whoever is closer first. Assume that when both of us are riding in the car there is no issue, but if one of us is at work and the other is with the car, does that affect the connectivity? I have had issues with my phone key disconnecting, and don't know if it is due to my being too far from the car for bluetooth to work (that seems possibly to be the issue as I can walk around in my office and it SOMETIMES connects when near the window towards the parking lot, but quickly disconnects when I move the phone or go elsewhere in the office). Other dual-connected bluetooth phone apps, such as our nest home app, has to have one person's phone identified as the primary, and the other a secondary "family member" so it knows who is home and which to respond to. Is this the same?

Thanks in advance

My wife and I both have separate Tesla accounts which have access to my Model 3. She is logged into her own account on the Tesla app on her iPhone and I'm using my own account in the app on my iPhone. No issues with both of us in the car. It's actually pretty nice, for example yesterday I stopped at Wawa for a minute and my wife stayed in the car. I brought my iPhone into Wawa with me so I could use Apple Pay but she still had her iPhone with her in the Model 3 so it did not shut down and the AC kept running. I'm of the mindset that it's more secure if each person has their own Tesla account to access the Model 3 as opposed to using the same Tesla account on multiple phones. If one of the accounts somehow gets compromised at least there is still the other account which is unaffected. We've had this setup for several weeks now and have not run into any issues at all.

 

[roblab]

Model S, Model 3 both accessible from my phone or hers. Makes it easy to log to her car location to see if she's still at Safeway or on her way home, if shes stuck in traffic or off the road. And I can tell her car to charge more in the morning, same as mine. I suppose she could put me in teen low power mode if I am driving too fast, but she hasn't so far.

 

[Akikiki]

I don't have a 3, so maybe my suggestion doesn't fit. I'm the guy who not only has a back up plan, but my back up plan has a contingency.
I like having a back up phone -and with service for it. But I don't want to pay for service I almost never use. Here's what I did. I use an iphone. I have an older back up iphone too. I find it handy to have an android phone around the house to help program my smarthome devices. I bought an old Galaxy 5. Then I signed up with Freedompop for a GSM SIM. After it arrived, I went deep into the Freedompop account and cancelled the extras until there's no monthly fee. I still have service to a new phone number, with 200 voice min, 750 MB data and 500 text. The Freedompop account/service doesn't cost me a penny. And I have Freedompop hotspots the same way. (I can use this phone to bug my ex, and she don't know who it is.) If I had a M3, I'd use this phone as a back up phone for those times my primary phone is dead or someplace in the house. Handy to have the extra phone especially if I could register in my M3 account.

 

[Garlan Garner]

When my 3 gets here soon I'll be setting up both my own phone and my girlfriend's phone with the car. Will she get her own Tesla account for this, or do I have to log in with my account info on her phone?

First things first.

Your Girlfriend?

lol

 

[Dave B]

First things first.

Your Girlfriend?

lol

She'll be promoted to wife on Saturday.

 

[Dave B]

...but she has her own Tesla account now and uses that on her phone, which I've connected to my 3.

 

[NathanielHrnblwr]

bumping this thread with questions. undecided whether to give the SO my login or get her a Tesla account and have the delivery specialist add the car to her account. I have not seen screenshots of the app with a car assigned to it, so forgive the dumb questions.

When I login to my Tesla account online, it says, "Nathaniel's Tesla". Does the app do this too? If so, I assume if the other half has her own account, it would say, "Jane's Tesla" on her phone vs. "Nathaniel's Tesla" if she used my credentials.

Is it possible to see car location in the app? If so, does having separate accounts change this behavior? If not, I may have to take another car Christmas shopping!

thx

 

[Sandiegodoug]

I have both my wife’s and my car on same app. Easy to move between cars without exiting app. Very handy to see where she’s at. What ever you name car in the car shows up on the app. I can even see how fast she’s driving.

 

[PoitNarf]

bumping this thread with questions. undecided whether to give the SO my login or get her a Tesla account and have the delivery specialist add the car to her account. I have not seen screenshots of the app with a car assigned to it, so forgive the dumb questions.

When I login to my Tesla account online, it says, "Nathaniel's Tesla". Does the app do this too? If so, I assume if the other half has her own account, it would say, "Jane's Tesla" on her phone vs. "Nathaniel's Tesla" if she used my credentials.

Is it possible to see car location in the app? If so, does having separate accounts change this behavior? If not, I may have to take another car Christmas shopping!

thx

The app shows whatever you’ve named your Model 3. For example I named my Model 3 “Christine” and that’s what shows up at the top of the app. You can change the name of your car using the touchscreen in the car.

Having a separate account allows that other account full access to everything in the app including location. The only thing the other account cannot do is login to your Tesla account on the website.