Connect your Tesla account

After selecting your vehicle brand, you'll connect your Tesla account so we can pull your vehicle data.

How it works

1. Click "Connect to Tesla" on the connection screen
2. You'll be redirected to Tesla's official login page (auth.tesla.com)
3. Sign in with your Tesla account credentials
4. Review and approve the requested data permissions
5. Tesla redirects you back to Car Pulse Tracker
6. Select which vehicles you want reports for
7. Choose your plan and complete payment
8. Your reports generate automatically

What happens behind the scenes

Car Pulse Tracker is a registered Tesla Fleet API partner. When you approve the connection:

1. Tesla issues a one-time authorization code
2. Our server exchanges that code for an access token via Tesla's secure token endpoint
3. We use the token to query Tesla's Fleet API for your vehicle data
4. We pull data from multiple Tesla endpoints in parallel (vehicle state, charging history, warranty, alerts, etc.)
5. Your report is assembled from the raw Tesla data and rendered on screen
6. The access token is kept for the duration of your session, up to 60 minutes, and then automatically deleted

What permissions do we request?

We request read-only access to:

• Vehicle device data (battery, sensors, configuration, tire pressure)
• Charging history and invoices
• Vehicle specifications (SoH, capacity, trim)

We do not request any control permissions. We cannot lock, unlock, start, honk, flash lights, or operate your vehicle in any way.

Is it safe?

Yes. This uses Tesla's official OAuth 2.0 authorization framework, the same secure method used by all authorized Tesla third-party applications. Your Tesla username and password are entered only on Tesla's own website. We never see them. The access token is automatically deleted when your session expires.