I'm a new Tesla Model 3 owner. While charging my car for the first time I've noticed that the only way to unplug my Rolec charging cable was first to unlock the charge port using the Tesla phone app or the screen inside the car even when the car is unlocked (I mean fully unlocked even with one of the doors open). Is this correct or is something wrong with my car or cable? I know that Tesla wall charges have a button on their cable that helps to unlock it. But what is the point in locking the cable if the car is unlocked? I used to own a plug-in hybrid Mercedes and the port would be unlocked along with the car itself irrespective what the changes you would use.
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Unlock Charge Port / Cable On Type 2 3rd Party Charger
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TheEVadvisor
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WannabeOwner
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Charging would have to stop, if cable was unlocked. Dunno how often that would be relevant.
Not sure if it helps or not.. but if you have an un-tethered charger (with a separate type 2 cable) you can get type 2 cables that have the Tesla button - Unique Tesla charging cables with Tesla integrated command button - evChargeking
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Are there any convenient ways of unlocking a charger? It looks like Rolec didn't include the button and resistor combination and it's a bit of a pain.
I asked their Customer Service line the same question, but I didn't get a reply. I wish I'd know when I was choosing a supplier.
Are there any convenient ways of unlocking a charger? It looks like Rolec didn't include the button and resistor combination and it's a bit of a pain.
I asked their Customer Service line the same question, but I didn't get a reply. I wish I'd know when I was choosing a supplier.
MrBadger
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App (other apps/websites other than official Tesla app also exist) or from in car screen.
Some also have setup voice using alternate apps.
Some also have setup voice using alternate apps.
I wish I'd gotten the
If you have an iPhone, buy the Tesla Remote app and create a shortcut so you can say to the phone "hey Siri, open the charge port" or "hey Siri, unlock the charge port".
Glan gluaisne
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I've now adapted two Type 2 connectors using Tesla button kits (around £50). Not hard to do, the most difficult bit is fitting the button, which is mechanically a bit challenging. Works well though, and makes any Type 2 connector behave just like the Tesla one, both opening the charge port and stopping a charge/unlatching the connector.
rather than giving money and maybe your access token or Tesla credentials to a 3rd party, you can just set up a shortcut in iOS to do this natively:
Open Charge PortShortcut
£10 one-off for the Tesla Remote app is hardly "giving money" in the context of what we paid for the car!
How does your shortcut work? Is it a direct API call? I can't download it (says something about untrusted shortcuts).
£10 is still £10
And all that app probably does is the same as the basic shortcut, important bit is here, but you also need to set the variables for your username etc...
no problem, here are a few more (if you are concerned about the “untrusted” bit, if you turn on untrusted shortcuts, you still have the ability to view each step and see exactly what it does before adding the shortcut to your device)
Climate Settings Shortcut
Charge State Settings Shortcut
Valet Mode Shortcut
Open Charge Port Shortcut
Flash the Lights Shortcut
Honk the Horn Shortcut
Lock the Doors Shortcut
Unlock the Doors Shortcut
Remote Start (Keyless Driving) Shortcut
Actuate Trunk (Open & Close) Shortcut
Open the Frunk Shortcut
Vehicle Location Shortcut
Glan gluaisne
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Opening the charge port doesn't really need anything at all, as there's a magnet in the corner and a Hall sensor behind it, so just pressing the corner opens the change port without the need for anything else, as long as the car is unlocked. The most useful feature of the "Tesla button"is that it breaks the Proximity Pilot and so signals to the car to stop charging and unlatch the connector.
Tasker should enable you to do the same, and looks like someone has done the hard work for you already... JakobLichterfeld/Tesla_API_in_Tasker
Do you know of the shortcut for unlocking the charge port (rather than just opening)?
Glan gluaisne
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Just had a quick look through the API and it doesn't look as if there is a POST request to unlatch the connector. It may be that the POST charge_stop request will do this, but I've not got around to testing this yet. Any app that is using the Tesla API, and can control charging start and stop, will be using the charge_stop request, though, so if anyone has an app that has this feature then it should be easy to test to see whether the connector unlatches as well.
charge_port_door_open suggests it also unlocks the charge port. It may well return an error if the door is already open but that is easy to ignore or treat as an exception.
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