[mrbuttons454]

That's an interesting idea, and I'd love to see more about your current setup if you have it posted anywhere. I've also thought about having something like that. I have a Model 3 with a web browser and the ability to connect to wifi. I thought about having a small PC of some sort with cellular connectivity for the same reason, my car is almost always where I am.

I do wonder about the power draw though. Even though I'm driving a car with a huge battery, leaving things like sentry mode on while parked does hit my range in a noticeable way, roughly 3-5% in a typical day. I considered a battery for just the PC, essentially a mini UPS made of 18650s or some such, but haven't gotten much further than just letting the idea percolate.

[gorkish]

My current setup is a pi 4 with a big usb ssd plugged into a usb power bank which is itselfpowered from 12v. Only thing “integrated” is I run marcone/teslausb. The power draw is inconsequential compared to powering the mcu & sentry, and I have never worried about it. My first 12v battery lasted a pretty normal 5 years. I have heard other folks have canbus interfaces or run apps that can be accessed via the in-car browser, but I don’t know much about things in those domains other than sniffing some battery cell data once. If you want to properly tinker with Teslas you have to basically be invited to join Fight Club, so it hasn’t been very appealing to try to get into. The culture is very different, and it doesn’t interest me much.