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Who has or is planning to get an electric car / EV Talk
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When researching this, there can be only one primary account, the rest are guests basically. Only the primary can subscribe to things which is why I don't see the options for that as it is a company car.
I am reasonably certain that only the main account holder can subscribe to services. I won't be able to have my wife check what she sees in car until I get home.
I will check that when I get back in the car when I head home from work. If the option to subscribe is in the car, would it let me enter my credit card details in there directly?
The primary account would have had to turn off "In-Car Upgrades" via Upgrades/Manage in the mobile App. Mine defaulted to on, if I remember correctly. As long as that is on, upgrades should be available in the vehicle.
No. That has to be done via the app/website... You can ask your boss to let you enter the card details in their app. The problem is, if they have multiple Teslas all on their account, they all use the same card. If this is the way it was setup, it really isn't ideal, your business should have a separate account per vehicle. This way each account/vehicle can be managed separately and have unique payment sources.
yeah I see that, was using ChatGPT and it cleared this all up for me. Pretty sure the boss would just pay for it I wanted it. Looking at what I get for the subscription price and not sure it is really worth it for me. Live traffic is not important, 99% of my driving is rural. Having data in the car would be nice, but the 30 seconds it saves of connecting to my hotspot is not all that bad. Sentry not that important, not too worried about the Mennonite/Amish hooligans robbing the electric car and making a getaway with their horse and buggies. And sat imagery for the maps not a big deal to me either, I did not use them in CarPlay in my outback so not an issue not having the option. Cell is paid for by work so have a hotspot and data that I am not paying for.
The good thing is, Premium Connectivity is not required for Sentry Mode, it is only needed for remote viewing of sentry mode and notifications of alarm footage. The recordings will still be on your USB drive, as long as you have sentry mode set to be on.
I have sentry mode on except home.
2 weeks ago, someone bumped into my wife's TM3 at her job (employee parking lot), then ran. I immediately got the notification (my wife doesn't have a desk job) and let her know. We were able to catch the hit and run (they moved to another spot in the parking lot). My wife called the police, and they gave us the information needed to contact the other party's insurance. I had already filed the claim, and their insurance company admitted 100% fault before I even got home to view the higher resolution footage from the drive.
Just so you can get an idea of how much things cost. The body shop only had to repair the bumper cover (plastic weld, sand,...) and paint match. That total was $2,300.
I do have sentry mode on, and had it on before the free demo of Premium was going. Do you need an external USB or hard drive for it to store video?
Yes you need storage. There may be a USB-A drive in your glovebox. If not, it is not recording.
I have a USB-A flash drive reader with a 256 GB SD card (Endurance very important for multiple read/writes) in there.
*Sentry mode does not need Premium Connectivity. It is only the ability to get the alerts and view recordings on your mobile device that requires premium connectivity. So, the bold part isn't important.
We sold our 2022 Kia Sorento EX Hybrid yesterday at Carmax, and we're taking delivery of a 2026 Tesla Model Y AWD on Thursday. Since getting the Model 3 earlier this month my wife and I have been really impressed with the drive, ride quality, and features.
