Charging stops are long, and the Tesla browser will play YouTube — but getting the video you actually want onto that screen is the hard part. Typing a video title into the touchscreen keyboard, hunting through search results, and retyping after every typo is a miserable way to start a charging break. Send the video from your phone instead, where you already found it.
Send a YouTube video to your Tesla in 4 steps
1. Open the receiver page in your car.
While parked, open your Tesla's browser and go to pushtocar.com/car. The screen shows a QR code and a short pairing code. This is your car's private inbox for the next one hour.
2. Scan the QR code with your phone.
Point your phone camera at the code on the car screen. Your phone opens a private sender page already paired to your car. Nothing to install, no account to create — the QR code is the whole setup.
3. Paste the YouTube link on your phone and hit send.
In the YouTube app, tap Share, copy the link, paste it into the sender page, and tap send.
4. Open it on the car screen.
Your Tesla shows a "new link received" card. Tap "Open link" and the video loads in the car's browser, ready to watch while you charge.
Your pairing stays active for one hour, so you can queue up the next video without re-pairing.
What else works the same way?
Any video link works the same way — a news clip, a tutorial, a podcast episode page. If it opens in a normal browser, it opens in your Tesla's browser. For anything that is not a video, the same steps send any link; for a destination, send the map link instead.
For non-video links, send a link to your Tesla browser.
FAQ
Is it free?
Yes. PushToCar is free for every driver, supported by voluntary donations.
Do I need to install an app?
No. Everything runs in the browser — your car's browser on one side, your phone's browser on the other.
Can I do this while driving?
No, and you shouldn't try. It's designed for parked or charging moments — set things up before you drive.
Try it
Next time you're charging and reach for a video on your phone, open pushtocar.com/car in your Tesla's browser and push it over instead.
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