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Tesla is launching their developer APIs

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Re: Tesla is launching their developer APIs

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Post by pests »

mvdtnz wrote: post #13
tomschlick wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Given that this is named "Fleet API", I'd wager that its pointed at corporations that own a bunch of Teslas for employee use, or for companies looking to start a Tesla based rental car company more than anything.

I have no idea what you think your comment has to do with my question, but ok?

Companies probably get approved.

Re: Tesla is launching their developer APIs

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Post by t3rabytes »

ireallywantthat wrote: post #15

Another SAAS embedded within Car which cannot be opted out. Is there a way to get FOSS Tesla? IMO the Government must intervene to make this opt-in rather than compulsory?

?? You have to grant an app access to your car via the API with your own Tesla.com oauth creds.

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Post by flkenosad »

ireallywantthat wrote: post #15

Another SAAS embedded within Car which cannot be opted out. Is there a way to get FOSS Tesla? IMO the Government must intervene to make this opt-in rather than compulsory?

FOSS laws never made as much sense. How can we not have the right to understand how our 3000 lb death machines work?

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Post by testfrequency »

sulam wrote: post #16

Given the state of the Twitter API post-Elon, I'd be incredibly unlikely to rely on this unless I have a business contract directly with Tesla with appropriate penalties if my app / access were to be revoked.

Tesla Engineering has their shit together, Elon is very detached from their work. Comparing Tesla to Twitter is not reasonable

Re: Tesla is launching their developer APIs

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Post by mattkrause »

mvdtnz wrote: post #13
tomschlick wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Given that this is named "Fleet API", I'd wager that its pointed at corporations that own a bunch of Teslas for employee use, or for companies looking to start a Tesla based rental car company more than anything.

I have no idea what you think your comment has to do with my question, but ok?

I think they’re predicting that most of the API usage will be “private”, so you won’t see Direct-To-Consumer “Download this on your Tesla” apps.

Instead, your rental or motor pool Tesla will just have a few customizations.

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