Find out how much it will cost to charge your Tesla with the UK’s most ‘EV friendly suppliers’. By using this simple calculator, you can find out the cheapest UK energy provider to charge your Tesla. Not as many suppliersContinue readingTesla Cost to charge calculator
Which energy provider to charge a Tesla in the UK
You’ve got the car, now which energy provider do you use to get the best charging rates for your Tesla? You’re in luck! I’ve made a handy calculator that allows you to select your car (Model 3, Model S andContinue readingWhich energy provider to charge a Tesla in the UK
How to setup and run TeslaMate on a Digital Ocean Droplet server
As of 10th September, AWS, GCP and Azure appear to have been blocked from accessing the Tesla API, causing lots of 3rd party providers to have to change servers and many of us running our own self hosted data loggingContinue readingHow to setup and run TeslaMate on a Digital Ocean Droplet server
Tesla’s less well known features / useful information
From being a member of several Tesla related forums and Facebook groups, it seems there are a couple of really useful things that a lot of members don’t know that would be of huge benefit to them. Here’s some ofContinue readingTesla’s less well known features / useful information
How to monitor TeslaMate running in Google Cloud (or any other cloud hosting)
If you’ve followed the How to setup and run TeslaMate in Google Cloud for free guide, you might now want to make sure it’s up and running by using a free monitoring tool. UptimeRobot UptimeRobot is an excellent tool, thatContinue readingHow to monitor TeslaMate running in Google Cloud (or any other cloud hosting)
How to setup and run TeslaMate for free on Google Cloud
** GCP working again as of 11th October 2020 – alternatively use this guide for a Digital Ocean ‘Droplet’ ** Having had a few issues running TeslaMate on my Raspberry Pi (mainly very stable on ethernet only, but still bombedContinue readingHow to setup and run TeslaMate for free on Google Cloud
TeslaMate – How to bulk import UK destination chargers
Now TeslaMate is up and running and performing automatic backups as expected, you can inject in the current (as of 12/5/2020) UK destination charger locations. Connecting to the database Firstly, ssh into your pi / box that TeslaMate is runningContinue readingTeslaMate – How to bulk import UK destination chargers
TeslaMate – How to bulk import UK Supercharger locations
Now TeslaMate is up and running and performing automatic backups as expected, you can inject in the current UK Supercharger locations. Connecting to the database Firstly, ssh into your pi / box that TeslaMate is running on. To access toContinue readingTeslaMate – How to bulk import UK Supercharger locations
How to perform an automated TeslaMate backup to Google Drive
After getting the excellent TeslaMate up and running, I wanted to make sure I didn’t lose any data by having an automated backup. Rather than me forget to back it up and copy files over, I thought I’d see ifContinue readingHow to perform an automated TeslaMate backup to Google Drive
How to install TeslaMate on a Raspberry Pi without using a monitor
If like me you don’t have a spare monitor and you had forgotten to order the micro HDMI to HDMI lead (or just don’t want to use your TV) you can still install TeslaMate remotely using SSH into your RaspberryContinue readingHow to install TeslaMate on a Raspberry Pi without using a monitor