Connecting your Tesla - Step by step

Setting up your Tesla with ev.energy is quick and easy, and it unlocks valuable benefits for you:

1. Granting Permissions: This allows ev.energy to securely access specific data points from your Tesla, such as battery level, charging data, and charging location. These are essential for delivering optimized charging schedules and full app functionality.
2. Setting Up the Virtual Key: This enables ev.energy to receive data from your vehicle without impacting your vehicle's performance or battery life.

Follow this step-by-step process to connect your Tesla to ev.energy:

• Granting Permissions
• Pairing Your Vehicle
• Managing Multiple Accounts and Products
• Security Measures

Granting Permissions

During onboarding or when prompted to reconnect your vehicle, follow these instructions to grant access to your Tesla account.

1. Tap the 'Allow' button located at the bottom of the screen.
2. Tap 'Grant Permissions' to access the following screen. This will grant ev.energy the necessary permissions to access your vehicle data. 
3. Tap 'Continue' to proceed, allow access to charging data and enable smart charging for your Tesla
4. On the subsequent screen, you'll be prompted to enter your Tesla credentials. When prompted to allow ev.energy access to your Tesla account, select all required permissions listed, as well as any optional permissions you wish to grant us access to and tap 'Allow'. 

This process may take a few minutes as the system updates your permissions. You'll return to the 'Connect your Tesla' screen to complete the authentication process. 

Read more about the permissions we need here.

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Please note: If you did not select all the required permissions you’ll be asked to remove access to your Tesla before repeating this process from step 1 again

Pairing Your Vehicle

Now that you’ve granted ev.energy permissions to access your vehicle data you will be asked to pair your vehicle. Please note that unless you’ve granted all required permissions you’ll be unable to complete the following steps.

1. Tap 'Pair vehicle' to initiate the process. Follow the instructions provided and tap 'Continue'.
2. You'll then be asked if you wish to authorize third-party access to your vehicle. Tap 'Approve' to proceed. 
3. You can now continue smart charging this vehicle. If you have successfully paired your vehicle, you will see this success screen. 

You can also pair your vehicle(s) anytime by accessing this link. We recommend you do this as soon as possible to avoid losing access to key benefits of ev.energy. 

Read more on that here: What will happen if I do not reconnect my Tesla account?

Please note: Older Pre 2021 Tesla Model S or X will not need to complete this step as they don't support pairing. They will still be able to smart charge without pairing.

Managing Multiple Accounts and Products

If you own multiple Tesla's and wish to pair your other vehicle(s) with ev.energy open the Tesla app and swipe to the Tesla you want to pair. Then click on the ‘Pair my Tesla(s)’ button below and repeat these steps. For users with multiple Tesla accounts (e.g., for different drivers), the interaction with ev.energy occurs solely through the Tesla user account used to grant access. If you own multiple Tesla products (such as a Vehicle, Home Battery, or Tesla Solar), it's recommended to grant access via the Tesla user account that has access to all these products. This ensures comprehensive control and visibility across your Tesla ecosystem.

Security Measures

The official Tesla integration is very secure. You need to pair your vehicle with the ev.energy app to allow us to manage your charging. The process is designed so the ev.energy app never gains access to your Tesla password, ensuring the security of your account. 

Read our Privacy Policy here.