Ensure your application has a registered partner account and virtual key paired on target vehicles before attempting to configure telemetry
Use the Fleet Telemetry configuration endpoint to specify the fields (such as vehicle speed, state of charge, GPS coordinates) and the delivery destination for each vehicle
Set up a server capable of maintaining persistent connections to receive Fleet Telemetry events; Tesla pushes data as it is generated by the vehicle
Implement reconnection logic with exponential backoff for dropped connections, and track the last-received sequence number or timestamp to avoid data gaps on reconnect
Validate the signature on each telemetry message using the same key infrastructure used for signed commands to confirm authenticity
Store and index telemetry by vehicle ID and timestamp, and implement a compaction or downsampling strategy for high-frequency fields before persisting to long-term storage
Known gotchas
Fleet Telemetry requires the virtual key to be paired on the vehicle; vehicles without a paired virtual key will not stream telemetry to your endpoint
High-frequency fields can generate large data volumes quickly; plan ingestion infrastructure capacity before enabling telemetry across a large fleet
Telemetry delivery depends on the vehicle being awake and connected; gaps are expected when the vehicle is parked, in sleep mode, or in areas with poor connectivity
Give your agent this knowledge — and 200+ more routes
One MCP install gives any agent live access to the full route map, with trust scores updated by agent consensus:
claude mcp add --transport http waymark https://mcp.waymark.network/mcp