My wife has a Model 3 and I am getting a Model Y. We would like my phone and her phone to be connected to both cars. Is this possible? So, two phones each operating either car?
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My wife has a Model 3 and I am getting a Model Y. We would like my phone and her phone to be connec
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Yes.
Once you’ve created your Tesla account (you can do that now or anytime), she needs to grant your Tesla account access to her car.
From there, you need to download the Tesla app, login, and proceed with setting up your phone as a key.
Do the same for her when your Model Y arrives.
Once you’ve created your Tesla account (you can do that now or anytime), she needs to grant your Tesla account access to her car.
From there, you need to download the Tesla app, login, and proceed with setting up your phone as a key.
Do the same for her when your Model Y arrives.
qingshan
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You can (and should) cross add the key cards as well.. This way you only have to carry one card with you and you get extra spares to store.
I also recommend naming the cards in the UI.
I also recommend naming the cards in the UI.
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OK, we have both cars, my Y and my wife's 3. Tesla asked if we want to merge these accounts and I said yes. This request was to be able to access both cars on my phone and my wife's phone. However, swiping left on the open app only gives me an advertisement for solar power. Swiping right doesn't do anything.
Any ideas?
Any ideas?
Is there a special process to cross add the cards or just the same normal process in each car one at a time
I would first try signing out and then back in to the Tesla app on the phones.
If that doesn’t work, sign into your Tesla account online.
Hit the manage button for your car.
You should then see an option for car access.
From there you add the name and email address of your wife’s Tesla account.
She would then do the same on her account to allow you to access her car.
Nothing special, it just works. As I previously noted, it is helpful to label the cards in the car UI.
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Thanks for all help. Yes it did work going into "manage" your account on my computer then add another person with their email and password for their Tesla. Now we can swipe back and forth to the respective cars. Shows correct picture too. Technology, unbelievable!
Arnold,
I have the two Teslas on my phone app. It seems I have to now, have app open to specific car to operate car. Before I could drive the single car without opening app at all. Is this correct?
You shouldn't need open app (just leave it running in the background). You will be able to drive the last car you selected. This assumes you have setup "phone as key". I only need to "open" the app if I need to switch cars. Same basic phone as key settings still apply, make sure your phone is not disabling the app (via something like power management). The phone and car need to talk via Bluetooth.
Some phones (I have a Pixel 3XL) support NFC with Tesla app and you can use that to switch which car is active by swiping it across the NFC reader on the driver side pillar. When it works it's great, but I don't have it working consistently. I think the Tesla app NFC isn't active if my last selected product is not a car (I also have solar and powerwalls).
Some phones (I have a Pixel 3XL) support NFC with Tesla app and you can use that to switch which car is active by swiping it across the NFC reader on the driver side pillar. When it works it's great, but I don't have it working consistently. I think the Tesla app NFC isn't active if my last selected product is not a car (I also have solar and powerwalls).
I did some more testing and it seemed NFC was working reliability for me today even if I had my Powerwall selected in the app. I think my previous problem was the way I was presenting the phone to the NFC reader, I was just holding it in one place. What I did today while testing swipe the phone at the pillar and I could reliably switch between the cars.
Thanks for all your investigation and work. I think I will mostly leave the app open in the background. Yes it will work for car already selected. If I change cars I will just swipe to the second car. I haven't tried swiping the phone card portal yet but I will.
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