Telemetry tools for Tesla

There are multiple ways to import data from Tesla drives, the most specific being videos from the dashcams, and CSV files from TeslaMate, Tesla Track Mode, and Tessie.

Note: Telemetry Extractor can read data from Tesla dashcam videos but not from the other (CSV-based) formats like Teslamate or Track Mode. Those are only available in Telemetry Overlay.

• TeslaMate Setup
• Go to Drives and select a Drive
• Add -> Visualization
• Introduce this Query as Code: SELECT $__time(date), * FROM positions WHERE car_id = $car_id AND $__timeFilter(date) ORDER BY date ASC
• Change Query Format to "Time Series"
• Change the Title to "For Telemetry Overlay"
• In Standard options, set Decimals to 15
• Optionally change the visualization type to "Table"
• Save your changes

Some Tesla vehicles (Model 3 Performance, both legacy and Highland) have a Track Mode V2 setting that allows drivers to customize their handling. In this mode, the car also records a significant amount of car metrics to the CSV format. Video and telemetry data is downloadable to a USB drive. The data includes lap times, acceleration, deceleration, G-meter, vehicle thermals and tire utilization. To save data, plug in a USB flash drive with a folder named TeslaTrackMode.

Some of the data streams may be available in one format and not the others. For example, Tesla Track Mode may include steering wheel and pedals data but lack outside air temperature.

Original Tesla dashcam video files contain telemetry data since late 2025. This is a very convenient way to read metrics such as location, speed, pedals, steering wheel angle or blinkers, because no additional files or recording methods are needed. It is a great way to review an incident or a significant event. However, the data is not as comprehensive as with other recording methods. Most notably, battery data is currently not recorded.

TeslaMate (experimental) is an open source data logger for tesla vehicles. It can run on your own server (setup is an advanced process), or in a third-party server, usually as a paid service. It records a wide range of data streams and its quality is generally good. To retrieve the data in a usable format, some manual setup is necessary the first time.

Then each time you record a drive, select it, look for the "For Telemetry Overlay" panel, open its options and select Inspect > Data > Export CSV.

While not ideal, there is also the option to use Tessie (experimental). It is a third-party app and a platform for managing Tesla vehicles. After being connected to a car, it can export a CSV file of each drive with a significant amount of information. To this date, with most Tessie versions and Tesla firmwares, the available data frequency is very low (2 samples per minute), which is not good for many gauges and use cases. This may improve over time, but is not guaranteed.

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Telemetry Overlay supports most video formats and dozens of embedded and external data formats.

Gauges can be customized to a great extent, but presets and defaults can make the user experience extremely easy.

Map and satellite imagery is available for representing GPS data.

Export formats for both professional and social use are available.

Lots of documentation, tutorials and an active community help achieve great results.

Telemetry Extractor can convert camera metadata (and other sources) to multiple professional data file formats, like GPX, CSV, KML, JSON, MGJSON...

This enables integration with software packages like Google Maps, Google Earth, Google Street View, Excel, Numbers, Google Sheets (and other spreadsheet programs), ArcGIS (and other mapping software), programming languages, Adobe After Effects, Kinomap, fitness websites and much more.

In addition to the raw recorded data, it can compute new streams by processing the existing data, like distance, bearing, or slope from GPS.

The data is presented in a visual and interactive way. You can click on customizable maps and charts to move the video to that position.