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Teslabot: A virtual assistant for Tesla cars – Locate, lock and other features

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Re: Teslabot: A virtual assistant for Tesla cars – Locate, lock and other features

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Post by timdorr »

sandermvanvliet wrote: post #28
sahaskatta wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Passage AI is using Smartcar.com (disclosure: my company) to build TeslaBot. We do the work facilitating OAuth2 and permission scopes so that developers do not need to handle usernames or passwords.

However Tesla doesn’t provide a way to grant a token to a 3rd party so you (your application) would still need my tesla account credentials. How are you solving this?

Until Tesla provides auth scopes, they can't solve it. They can only proxy Tesla's API and build scoping on top of it.

Re: Teslabot: A virtual assistant for Tesla cars – Locate, lock and other features

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Post by gorkish »

jjallen wrote: post #24

Awesome, works well! I would pay $5/month if I could just talk and if my phone or Airpods were on I could control my car or check on it. "Teslabot, what's my range?"

Assuming you're on iOS due to airpods comment -- here are a bunch of actions you can add to the shortcuts app so that you can access all of that stuff via Siri

https://teslacuts.com/

Re: Teslabot: A virtual assistant for Tesla cars – Locate, lock and other features

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Post by zarmin »

wilg wrote: post #20
natch wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

As a user I find it mildly offensive. Elon himself probably would laugh it off. Not going to use this as I find the exploitation of the name kind of gross. Maybe in 100 years if he’s not around then fine... but for now it’s too soon. “Tesla” is a separate issue and different.

I think calling the virtual assistant "Elon" is the best part!

It is very clearly the best part. Some people are uptight.co.uk

Re: Teslabot: A virtual assistant for Tesla cars – Locate, lock and other features

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Post by xattt »

rena-anju wrote: post #23

I do not have a Tesla, and I do not know what is available out there in terms of managing a Tesla from a remote location. But I am curious about using the chat bot-format for a status monitor application like this. What value does it provide to the user that is not fulfilled by an application just displaying the statuses to the user? I get that in this case everything is handled inside of Facebook Messenger, and to s…

Chatbots are CLIs. (1)

(1) https://yagudaev.com/posts/chatbots-are-just-command-line-in...

Re: Teslabot: A virtual assistant for Tesla cars – Locate, lock and other features

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Post by wongarsu »

rena-anju wrote: post #23

I do not have a Tesla, and I do not know what is available out there in terms of managing a Tesla from a remote location. But I am curious about using the chat bot-format for a status monitor application like this. What value does it provide to the user that is not fulfilled by an application just displaying the statuses to the user? I get that in this case everything is handled inside of Facebook Messenger, and to s…

I once wrote a chat bot for a printer (think big photocopier with network printer functionality operated by student body of ~10 students and used by ~2000 students).

It had simple commands for showing the state of consumables or monitoring budget spent (calculated based on spent consumables). But the real value came from the chat bot requesting actions ("yellow toner at 12%, verify replacement is in storage", "A3 paper is running low, refill suggested", "heavy A4 paper empty, replace now", etc).

Of course all of this could have been it's own app with push notifications. But getting people to install that would have been much harder than having them use a chat bot in a messenger they already have. Using a chat bot also made it available everywhere, on Android, iOS, Windows, the Linux distribution of the week, if you desire even your watch or fridge, with synchronised notifications. And all that with a bit of code running on some server, none of the head aches of front-end development.

Re: Teslabot: A virtual assistant for Tesla cars – Locate, lock and other features

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Post by stefan_ »

sahaskatta wrote: post #22
spullara wrote: post #12

The problem with doing this with Teslas, as I have had one for years and thought about building this, is trusting someone else to hold your credentials for your car. There is no authorization scoping and anyone with the credentials can find the car, unlock it, get in and drive it away. Also, plenty of mischief as well like opening the sun roof, the trunks, flashing the lights and honking the horn. I wish they had pro…

Passage AI is using Smartcar.com (disclosure: my company) to build TeslaBot. We do the work facilitating OAuth2 and permission scopes so that developers do not need to handle usernames or passwords.

So now you need to trust Smartcar.com and Teslabot. This makes it even worse while not addressing any of the concerns.

Re: Teslabot: A virtual assistant for Tesla cars – Locate, lock and other features

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Post by jm4 »

autojoechen wrote: post #5
aantix wrote: post #4

How does this differ from using the app?

Looks like they're using the SmartCar API ( https://smartcar.com/tesla/ ). The app does most of the actions the API provides, but maybe the bot can help with aggregating data like previous locations or odometer readings?

Wow, SmartCar's pricing is insane. They have a free tier and that's nice, but a paid plan with support starts at $0.15 per request. And all this thing does is lock/unlock, location, odometer and vehicle info. Why would anyone use this?

Re: Teslabot: A virtual assistant for Tesla cars – Locate, lock and other features

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Post by sahaskatta »

jm4 wrote: post #38
autojoechen wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Looks like they're using the SmartCar API ( https://smartcar.com/tesla/ ). The app does most of the actions the API provides, but maybe the bot can help with aggregating data like previous locations or odometer readings?

Wow, SmartCar's pricing is insane. They have a free tier and that's nice, but a paid plan with support starts at $0.15 per request. And all this thing does is lock/unlock, location, odometer and vehicle info. Why would anyone use this?

Hi! I'm one of the co-founders of Smartcar. I'm happy to connect with you if you have more feedback on pricing. We're always looking to evolve it to ensure it is attractive/competitive and can work for your app or business. My email is sahas@smartcar.com

Re: Teslabot: A virtual assistant for Tesla cars – Locate, lock and other features

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Post by dstaley »

spullara wrote: post #12

The problem with doing this with Teslas, as I have had one for years and thought about building this, is trusting someone else to hold your credentials for your car. There is no authorization scoping and anyone with the credentials can find the car, unlock it, get in and drive it away. Also, plenty of mischief as well like opening the sun roof, the trunks, flashing the lights and honking the horn. I wish they had pro…

> anyone with the credentials can find the car, unlock it, get in and drive it away

While the first three are true, you can't actually drive the car without an authorized key. Adding a new authorized key requires an existing authorized key. However, if you have a Model 3 and keep a valet key card in your car, then yeah anyone who can unlock your car can also drive it.

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