Tesla EV plugin pricing

[bmercier]

The tesla plugin is currently free for a limited time, and we are trying to figure out the pricing model. Your input would be very useful.

Using vehicule commands incurs a cost. From what I can see, some users do not issue much commands while others are issueing commands on schedules. Schedules like waking a car every 2 hours continuously incurs a high cost.

To keep the plugin affordable, we think we need to implement rate limits on wake ups and vehicle commands.

I'm currently thinking of these limits:

• 10 vehicle commands per day
• 2 wake ups per day (These are the most expensive API calls)

FYI, when a command that requires the car to be waked up is sent, if the car is not awake, the plugin will automatically send a wake_up. 

Please let me know if these limits sounds good, or are too low.

[Panda88]

A new version of the node is now available 0.2.10 supporting the call limit - 3 wakes and 10 commands every 24 hours. Note, there is no need to wake the car to check data - data will automatically update once car is online and something changes.  Car only needs to be wakened, if one wants to issue a command (assuming car is asleep).  There is no dedicated wake command anymore - the commands will wake the car if asleep.

Tesla started charging for these calls (data and more importantly for commands and wakes).  It is universal device paying for these calls, so the node is a subscription node to cover the cost generated by the node - cost is estimated based on typical data use.