EVwire brief: Tesla has added Vehicle Data Reports (VDRs) to its company car offering, giving business drivers access to a detailed snapshot of what their Tesla was doing around a collision or other safety event.
The update was shared by Sloan Cinelli, B2B at Tesla EMEA, who highlighted that VDRs are generated automatically using vehicle, diagnostic, infotainment and Autopilot data where applicable.
“The VDR provides customers with a summary view of the data from their Teslas for a specific time and date range. This tool is now available to Company Car Drivers.”
Together with her announcement, Cinelli shared an example of a VDR. As could be seen in the post, the VDR includes data on vehicle speed, Autopilot status, driver-monitoring detection, cruise-control state, accelerator and brake inputs, steering angle and torque, and information about detected impacts, among others.
Tesla’s VDR includes the Driver Log Data Overview table, speed/collision chart, and area of detected impact in the vehicle.
The VDR’s accelerator and brake pedals page shows pedal position, brake application, brake cylinder pressure, and speed over time.
The VDR’s autopilot and cruise control page shows Autopilot state, driver monitoring, and cruise control state.
TheVDR’s steering angle and torque page shows steering angle and steering torque.
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For a company running a fleet of Teslas, having a detailed record of what happened before and during a crash could be genuinely useful.
A fleet manager could use the report to better understand an incident, investigate what the vehicle and driver were doing at the time, and potentially provide more complete information to an insurer or other parties involved in the aftermath of a collision.
Context:
For regular Tesla owners, getting VDR requires a formal data privacy request. The process: log into your Tesla account, select "Data Privacy Request," choose "Obtain a Copy of My Data," specify the vehicle and date range, and submit. Tesla says processing takes up to 30 days, though it often arrives sooner.
Here’s a screenshot of the form customers have to fill out to request their vehicles’ VDR data.
This is a quiet but meaningful expansion. Tesla has been building out its B2B operations, from Supercharger for Business to fleet management tools. Giving company car drivers direct VDR access is the kind of feature that makes a Tesla genuinely easier to manage than competitors.
When a fleet manager can pull a full collision breakdown without a 30-day privacy request, that is a real operational advantage. And for the driver, the transparency is just as valuable: the data shows exactly what happened, and it is their data to use.
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Source: Sloan Cinelli (LinkedIn), Tesla
