A Closer Look at Tesla's Updated Energy App - What's Changed

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One of the big undocumented changes in Tesla’s 2024 Holiday Update was the changes to the Energy app. While the Model S, Model X, and Cybertruck received the Consumption tab in the Energy app for the first time, the changes made for those models also carried over to Model 3 and Model Y.

The Consumption tab lets you view your vehicle’s consumption over recent trips as well as view projected range estimates based on historical usage, but it now offers different options.

Sadly, legacy Model S and Model X vehicles produced before the 2021 refresh still don’t have access to the Energy app at this time.

Energy App

Tesla’s Energy App previously let you view a lot of in-vehicle data on what is consuming energy and how to improve your energy consumption. It was previously refreshed in 2022 and brought Drive, Park, and Consumption tabs to help compare actual vehicle energy consumption versus what you’d expect from the EPA ratings.

The old Energy App's consumption page.

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Key Changes

The Energy App has seen a lot of changes - mostly in the name of simplicity and reducing confusion. Some changes reduce functionality, but others bring even more. All of these changes impact the Consumption tab - the Park and Drive sections are unchanged.

Distance

Previously, you were able to switch the graph on the Consumption tab to show the last 5, 15, or 30 miles. Instead, it is now a static display of the last 200 miles (or 300km). This means your last 200 miles of driving - whether it's a single trip or multiple trips. Your range prediction and energy usage are now based on 200 miles of driving instead of the previous selectable distance.

This allows for a more reasonable range prediction as small bursts of high-energy usage, such as time spent accelerating to highway speeds from an offramp, are now less of an impact and are instead averaged out by regular driving.

However, for those who love to take their Teslas to the track or tow regularly, this makes the consumption significantly less useful because you can no longer see your actual energy usage for the type of driving you’re doing. This could be fixed with a reset button or by adding the ability to select your distance — similar to before.

Projected Range and Average Wh/mi

Unfortunatley, the Instant Range button has been removed, and the graph is now locked on what was previously the Average Range. Essentially, you cannot view your real-time range based on current instantaneous consumption - but you can view the overall projected range.

Additionally, average Wh/mi and projected range are still displayed - but in different areas compared to before. The projected range is displayed on the center-left side of the graph, while the average Wh/mi is now displayed at the top of the screen.

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Compare Vs EPA

Another new feature is that the average range is now compared to the EPA estimated range in terms of wh/mi. You’ll be able to see whether your driving style and conditions put you over or under the EPA estimate in a pretty quick way, which is helpful.

This new comparison is located just under your average Wh/mi.

Small and minor adjustments to your driving style - like not taking off like an electric lightning bolt at every red light - will make a big difference to your range. Don’t worry - we know its hard, we love doing it too! Other things - such as driving downhill versus uphill, will have an impact that you can’t necessarily avoid unless you’re old enough that you went to school uphill both ways.

Color Changes / Regenerative Braking

In the previous Consumption view, energy used would be displayed in yellow, while energy gained through regenerative braking would be displayed in green. However, with this update, that has now changed. Anything below the vehicle’s rated range (the thicker horizontal line on the graph, will now be displayed in green, while any consumption above the vehicle’s EPA rating will now be displayed in yellow.

While this better matches the Drive tab of the Energy app, it now makes it much harder to view any energy gained via regenerative braking. Due to the long timeline (200 miles versus as short as 5 miles before), it’s now difficult to find any areas of regen since they’d be a smaller segment on the graph and are likely to be averaged out with regular driving.

The consistency of colors between the Drive and Consumption tabs is nice, but we’d still love a user-selectable distance for the x-axis and possibly a different color for regenerative braking.

Update: We’ve recently added this section to clarify that the y-axis is not mislabeled but that green now means better than expected efficiency instead of regen use.

Total Vehicle Consumption

The final new feature is a total vehicle consumption number at the bottom left, under the chart. It will tell you how much energy you’ve consumed over the distance you’ve driven so far. This is a convenient way of seeing exactly how much energy you’ve used.

Dynamic Y-Axis

The Y-axis in the Consumption tab is now dynamic—it expands and contracts automatically based on the driving data. We’ve seen it go from 400 Wh/mi to 800 Wh/mi. You likely need to be in a Model S Plaid or Cyberbeast with Launch Mode to see numbers much higher than that.

We’re sad to see the X-axis locked to 200 miles, but seeing total vehicle consumption and comparing average consumption against the rating is equally, if not even more, valuable.

Overall, the new and improved Consumption tab is simpler and doesn’t require user input. While it takes away some features, it makes it easier for drivers who may not use it regularly. The most important piece is the projected range, which is now easier to see and understand unless you're towing and need the historical usage erased because it’s now irrelevant to your current drive. Hopefully, Tesla will allow you to scrub the graph horizontally in the future, adding the ability for the user to adjust the X-axis dynamically.

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Two New Tesla Semi Pilot Programs: Feedback & Efficiency

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In a real-world validation win for Semi, Tesla has seen two major companies, ArcBest and “thyssenkrupp Supply Chain Services,” complete extensive, multi-week pilot programs for the Tesla Semi.

The results were overwhelmingly positive as these companies used the Semi for thousands of miles over challenging terrain.

ArcBest Conquers Donner Pass

Logistics company ArcBest announced that it has completed a three-week pilot program with the Tesla Semi. Over that period, the truck logged an impressive 4,494 miles, averaging 321 miles per day. The pilot also showed off a remarkable energy efficiency of just 1.55 kWh per mile, a figure confirmed by Tesla Semi Program Head, Dan W. Priestley. For comparison, a Model 3, Tesla’s most efficient vehicle, uses approximately 0.250 kWh per mile, making the Semi use roughly six times more energy.

ABF demo of Tesla Semi ran with efficiency of 1.55kWh/mi https://t.co/3DyM3lqBGg

— Dan Priestley (@danWpriestley) July 9, 2025

Most importantly, the vehicle was tested in difficult, real-world trucking conditions, successfully navigating the 7,200-foot climb over Donner Pass. Arcbest stated that Semi “generally matched the performance of its diesel counterparts”. The company also noted that driver feedback was overwhelmingly positive. Operators highlighted Semi’s comfort, safety, and ease of use. There was a lot of specific praise for the center seat configuration, wide field of visibility, and intuitive controls, which made it an enjoyable experience.

Thyssenkrupp Calls Semi a “Natural Fit”

In a separate but related announcement, thyssenkrupp Supply Chain Services also revealed that it had recently completed a successful three-week demo of the Tesla Semi at one of its logistics hubs in California. During its winter trial, the truck delivered goods for nearly 5,000 miles in a variety of conditions, which included regularly traversing the steep Altamont Pass.

Working with our suppliers and logistics partners to electrify Tesla’s supply chain. With lower cost and higher reliability, it just makes sense. thyssenkrupp pushed the truck hard over this demo and now plans to integrate Semi into their fleet.https://t.co/ATER6ktaer

— Dan Priestley (@danWpriestley) July 9, 2025

The results were so positive that the company announced that plans are already underway to integrate a fleet of Tesla Semis into its operations soon. That is another huge win for the Semi Program as volume production is expected to begin by the end of 2025.

The Tesla Semi aligns with our ongoing commitment to sustainability and operational excellence. Its efficiency and diagnostic features, and low environmental impact make it a natural fit for our evolving logistics strategy.

• Bob Denehy, Chief Commercial Officer, thyssenkrupp Supply Chain Services

A Win for Tesla

According to Dan, these partnerships are just part of Tesla’s strategy. Working with its own suppliers and logistics partners helps electrify Tesla’s own supply chain, and with lower costs and higher reliability, it just makes sense for all parties involved.

The successful completion of these two rigorous, real-world pilot programs is a sign that the Semi has proven its efficiency, reliability, and performance to many major players in the logistics industry. Next up for Semi will be volume production and sales to companies outside of Tesla’s pilot programs.

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Tesla Updates Robotaxi App: Adds Smarter Pickups and Adds Arrow for Finding Robotaxi

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Following the first major service area expansion, Tesla is already pushing another update to the Robotaxi app and service as a whole. The new version includes more quality-of-life improvements, and most importantly, a big change to Robotaxi’s pickup logic that makes the entire experience much smoother.

Robotaxi App Update

This latest update is another one focused on polishing the user experience before Tesla adds more vehicles to the fleet and more riders to the network. The most significant change here is that Robotaxi will now navigate more dynamically. Instead of strictly travelling to the designated pickup point, the vehicle will stop where you are or navigate directly to you if you are nearby, making the pickup just that much easier.

Tesla also introduced a small batch of improvements to improve the app, which is still only available for early testers. First up is a vehicle finder arrow - which is shown in the Robotaxi app to help you find your approaching or parked Robotaxi.

This should be a big help in crowded situations, as visually distinguishing a Model Y Robotaxi from a regular Model Y is nearly impossible, barring the small Robotaxi logos and lack of a driver.

Tesla has also added in automatic dark/light mode switching to match system settings and some other minor design tweaks and bug fixes. It seems that Tesla is close to their final iterations on the Robotaxi app and will hopefully add it to the official app stores soon. However, an Android version is still MIA, and using the Robotaxi itself is still also limited to invitees, so Tesla may be waiting for those to be available before adding the app to the Apple App Store.

The full release notes for this 25.7.6 app update are listed as:

• I am pointing the way! Find your vehicle with an arrow

• Automatic light/dark mode setting to follow the system

• Design tweaks

• Bug fixes

This will be huge and make summon even better.

I didn't get to fully test it, but Robotaxi no longer strictly navigates to the pickup point. I noticed it stops right where I am if I am ahead of the pickup point.

In this video it's supposed to go to the valet, yet it stopped… https://t.co/tGR2064gB2 pic.twitter.com/p3dssaKEhf

— Owen Sparks (@OwenSparks_) July 21, 2025

A Better Summon?

The most exciting part of the update isn’t the piece for Robotaxi - but what it implies for Smart Summon instead. The new dynamic pickup logic could be a huge improvement to how Summon works. At the end of the day, it is exceptionally similar - homing in on the user or a targeted location, and then parking nearby.

Summon currently requires a line of sight, and the range is exceptionally limited, meaning you can’t use it in most larger parking lots without having to walk out halfway to meet the vehicle. It’s also slow enough that by the time you get your vehicle rolling - even with Summon Standby active - you’ll probably have walked most of the way there yourself.

A true come-to-me Summon feature that can navigate both city streets and parking lots is definitely the goalpost for customer vehicles - one that doesn’t need to be directly supervised. Robotaxi is the first real-world deployment of the same technology that future builds of Smart Summon will eventually run on.

Sometime in the near future, you’ll be able to Summon your Tesla directly to you - having it navigate the streets from wherever it found parking. All the learnings from Robotaxi are going to come fast - and they’ll all be amazing to finally get on customer cars.

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