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Tesla Software updates - Australia
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EcoCloudIT
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Thanks....I'll take a look...
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Took a look at it and it's just like a summary...shows the PW charging but even with the car charging just shows the current KM's not that it is charging etc.
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Indeed it would be handy if the AC charge rate could be adjusted without going down to the garage. My garage is not 100 steps down from my house, but it’s quite a few.
I have Slartibartfast permanently set to AC charge at 6 Amps (3 phase = 4.2 kW) solely so that when I have excess solar I can manually start charging (via the App) to top it up and have enough solar left over to cover the standby consumption of the house. I tend to keep it charged around 50% in these lockdown times, and over a good few sunny days, it can creep up to over 80%.
On those rare occasions I need to charge quickly, I have to go to the car and manually set it to charge at 16A (11 kW). And then remember to change it back again when done.
Yeah, he was simply referring to the summary page showing a high level status of both Powerwall and Car.
It sort of is hard for Tesla to show what portion of the house usage is the car charging unless they make some wild assumptions - thinking about it, Tesla would make wild assumptions.
Think about it. Just because the car is currently charging, how does the app know it is charging from the house? The car could be 5km away charging at a destination charger. OK, you tell the car where "home" is but the Gateway doesn't have GPS (as far as I am aware) so doesn't know where "home" is. You could also be charging from your neighbour's power even though the car is parked at "home".
But the summary page could show a summary of the car charging and battery status like it does the powerwall. The data is there, and I’m sure the owner would know whether the car is charging at home or elsewhere
Maybe we are talking about different things.
On the summary page which includes both the car (and if it is charging) and the Gateway (and if it is charging/standby/discharging).
I thought @EcoCloudIT was expecting the Gateway page to show how much of the Home usage was going to the car. While the owner knows the car is charging and where it is charging, how does the app know (without making assumptions which may not be accurate)?
EcoCloudIT
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Yes, as per the image I sent through before...but that's hardly much of a change...
EcoCloudIT
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They cloud do a netstat -a and see that the car's MAC address is on the same network as the PW Gateway...not to wild of an assumption...
My summary page does not show the car charging when its charging. It only shows the remaining distance. My powerwall on summary page shows its charging status only, which is charging, discharging, or off.
They could also do an app that supports landscape and provides a toggle for the charging amps
EcoCloudIT
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EcoCloudIT
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Yep....I have been waiting since my Model S was 4 years old for being able to adjust AMPS (albeit manually if needed until Gen3 WC)....my 3 is coming on 2 years old now and still waiting....
I hadn't thought of that. It would work quite well with very few false positives (well, really an outlier if you were charging from your neighbours). There'd be a false negative (if your WiFi doesn't reach your garage) but it would be uncommon, I'm guessing.
App version 4.0.1 is now available on the app store. Only difference I can see is return of the ability to see data on each bar of the charts by long press on it. The release notes are the same as 4.0.0
Priit
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My Model 3 SR+ finally got the 2021.24.4 update today. I did enable the stay connected to Wi-Fi and hotspotted my phone for a test and that appears to work, haven't had a chance to test the car wash mode or other extra features yet.
OzBMR
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For model s when you open the tab for charging in the app the charge port door now opens immediately and shows it happening on the car graphic. When you close the charge tab the door closes too. Not sure if its the same for model 3.
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