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Really wish it would do true one pedal driving like Bolt and leaf v2. In , reviewer Jake Fisher stated that while he found the iPhone application to be reliable, he did not like the key card. It works with my Galaxy 7 about 90% of the time.

As a long time Tesla advocate and TSLA owner I have accepted reduced customer service as the user base grew; however, I now find myself reassessing my enthusiasm for Tesla. I am truly and advocate of electric cars and really want Tesla to succeed, This bump in the road is only going to anger more and more people.

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Key fob in, when available. Key card probably out. It now appears that may not be the case. In , reviewer Jake Fisher stated that while he found the iPhone application to be reliable, he did not like the key card. Instead, owners open and start it using either a smartphone app or a plastic keycard. Musk acknowledged that the keycard was difficult to use and that the automaker would consider providing a key fob to owners. We later suggesting the fob was ready. That was followed by. But the bigger bit of news is that existing Model 3 owners will be able to get the key fob for free upon request. Again, no specific timeline has been provided to us in regards to availability, so we suggest you reach out to your Tesla contacts to obtain more details. Check out more images of the Tesla Model 3 key fob below: Not really. The basic model many most? This is one case where having a few buttons is clearly better than going completely buttonless. For example, GM sold cars that burst into flames when the key was turned. Over 100 people died in those fires in over a decade after GM knew about the problem, but did nothing in order to save a few cents per ignition switch. Several European manufacturers used limited sets of key variations in the past, leading to keys that could open one or two out of 10 random cars of the models in question. It was fixed with a software update personally, I think some defeat devices were also fixed in that recall. BMW recalled vehicles that catch fire at random in 2018 notably, only after a court forced them in South Korea. VW recalled 700 k vehicles that can catch fire when exposed to light rain. Ford recalled trucks because the seatbelt retractors can start fires. Speaking pain of and wallets: My standard method is to pull out my wallet, hold it to the pillar, car unlocks, put wallet back in pocket, enter car, sit, fasten seat belt, then curse and fume while struggling to get out the wallet again to tap it. All the while imagining St. A key you have to insert has a very clear location for it, instead of guessing the locaiton it needs to be swiped at, and a unique location it is stored at as long as the vehicle is On and controlled. No guessing, impossible to forget in a pocket, and the location is standard in all cars. Maybe how tesla did it, but gm never needs the fob to leave your pocket or purse. Just walk up to the car push the button on the door handle, open the door, push the start button. When exiting the car, push start button, exit car, car auto locks in 8 seconds. Really like that implementation. For my wife the key never leaves her purse. Tesla did a lot of things right on the tm3, but missed on others. Really wish it would do true one pedal driving like Bolt and leaf v2. Keyless entry is an awesome idea! Just have to be smart about it…they already added the pin for second factor authentication… for those who are worried about it. Using your phone as the key and having a card backup is genius… I LOVE IT.. Now, I leave the house with 2 things instead of 3. After being extremely skeptical about the single screen, it took me about a day to get used to the basics of driving the model 3. Center display — not a problem — trust me! Good grief; I drove the base model available today: RWD-LR, black, aero wheels. The only options that interest me are a different color blue , and maybe the nicer wheels. The store had another car available to test drive, and I think it was a P with white interior and the nicer wheels. You use EITHER the phone or the keycard. Thats fewer steps than your wifes Edge. The more important reason for the key FOB is that summon feature will be enabled in Canada with the Key fob. Stupid rule I guess that the Transport Canada needs a key FOB for the summon feature. Well who can fight with the Govt. Tesla is the only company to provide things for free without somebody twisting their arms as they are more human and Elon wants people to enjoy his cars rather than just pay and pretend to enjoy. Agree… Love the phone with card as backup. Wish both vehicles and older pickup were like the M3. That would be awesome not to have to worry if I have the right key in my pocket. I am glad that Tesla is address the problem in such a quick way. This speed of change is what Tesla brings to the table. Now, for all you Tesla fans who defended the decision of not having a fob is the way to go, well, time to get a new spin wheel… Broken record…. I LOVE only carrying phone and card in wallet as backup. Not sure why anyone thinkgs that is not the way to go. That said, my wife would like a key fob since that is what she is used to. I would want the keyless entry for it though since that is what her other one does. The key fob, IMHO, is just another device i would have to carry that ONLY works for that one vehicle. If TESLA wants to get innovative, create a KEY FOB that works for any TESLA. So at first I thought — This Is Not For Me. This means my car is always locked as soon as I walk away from it the garage, and I always have to remember to bring my phone or the card with me down into the garage if I have to get into it for some reason happens a lot with me. There is a notification message available, even if your phone is locked by tapping the power button or swiping down from the top , that indicates whether or not the key is connected to your car. If you are in range and it is connected, you can tap the little carot near the top by the logo and it brings up three options to 1 unlock the car, or open the 2 trunk or 3 frunk. This can be done just about as quickly as pushing buttons on a fob. Something for you to try. I always thought it a little odd that this article had no cite to support the assertion that Tesla had indicated Fobs would be free to not only new owners but pre-existing owners. Q1 2019 Breaking News….. Tesla Model 3 fob outsells all automotive fobs produced globally. Other manufacturers follow trend and make their fobs an additional cost item. New Tesla chairman given credit for industry leading approach to vehicle access. Editorial request: When publishing a relevant update like this, it should be a separate, new, article that links to the previous one. Very confusing, given the many new commenters responding to 1-month-old posts with different and assumptions. The phone is an LG V30 and has had problems since day one.

I swear, those batteries need to go away. You can select that profile when you're parked in the garage so it will never lock, then change to your profile when you drive. But it is true the BlueTooth sucks, so why not use phones' NFC instead, the receiver for which to be tucked under the charge pad built in under the touchscreen. In addition, it would be simple to program some verbal commands to use as shortcuts that would replace any of the manual button screen selections to get to any root menu. I think EM is casting a nervous eye in that direction when he starts thinking that maybe a fob might not be a bad thing. In my experience, it works very well, but some owners have been requesting a more traditional key fob, which Tesla already uses with Model S and Model X.