About Telemetry Methods

Tessie uses different methods to connect to your vehicle, depending on your model.

Polling

For legacy (MCU1) Tesla Model S/X and Tesla Business vehicles

How it works: Tessie <> Tesla <> Your Tesla

Tessie regularly requests vehicle data from Tesla to collect analytics. Tesla attempts to contact the vehicle, retrieve the requested data and send it back to Tessie.

Direct Telemetry

For all other vehicles

How it works: Tessie <> Your Tesla

Tessie configures your vehicle to stream telemetry data directly to Tessie using an end-to-end encrypted channel.

Learn more about Direct Telemetry.

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