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Plug-in reminder when you get home low

Arrive home with the battery under 40% and the car reminds you to plug in.

WHEN
Home or Work — Arrived at Home
AND IF
  • Battery Level — Below 40%
THEN
  1. Voice Announcement — “Battery is low. Plug in tonight.”

Why it’s useful

Forgetting to plug in once is how you end up at a Supercharger at 7 a.m.

How to set it up

  1. Open AutomationsWith the car in Park, open the App Launcher on the touchscreen and tap Automations.
  2. Create a new automationTap “Create an automation”.
  3. Set the trigger: Home or WorkUnder Trigger, open Location and pick Home or Work. Set it to: Arrived at Home.
  4. Add condition: Battery LevelTap Add condition, open Charging, pick Battery Level and set: Below 40%.
  5. Action 1: Voice AnnouncementTap Add action, open Voice, pick Voice Announcement and set: “Battery is low. Plug in tonight.”.
  6. Name and saveName it “Plug In”, save, and make sure its card is switched on.
  7. Test itTrigger it once while parked with the screen on, and check each action happened.

Menu names come from the English strings found in current firmware and may change slightly at launch. There is no way to import automations, so you build each one on the touchscreen. Full walkthrough

Tips

  • Set your Home address in navigation first, or the Home trigger has nothing to match.

Limits to know

  • Automations only run while the center screen is on, and never while Autopilot or FSD is engaged.

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