It just has to be sales figures that Tesla is focused on rather than dedicating more time to tweaking and fixing those things that don't work or don't work very well, If customers snap up all they can produce Tesla are not under any pressure to knuckle down and get it done, surely if there was a resistance to purchase because of those omissions or failures then more people would be moved into the team that is working on the software - or have software teams working 24hrs a day 7 days a week in shifts. We all know Elon gets what he wants even if that means firing people and going off on one - currently he doesn't have any pressure being applied - unlike the old days where the company was on the brink of going bust developing the model 3.
In the last 6 months since USS was removed Tesla made just over 550,000 model 3s and Ys and revenue generated for 2022 for Tesla as a whole was 83.5 billion dollars. Those 550,000 cars without USS saved Tesla 8.25 billion dollars - and additional clear profit. (based on a cost of 150 dollars per car)
The price reduction this January can only be because demand is slowing - no longer a 6 to 9 month wait for a car - and with more Giga factory's planned production will ramp up further. Elon is a shrewd business man.
The production teams actually making the cars are achieving mindboggling production targets - the technical staff that are employed on the software development just has to be a very small team by comparison and are not working to any challenging targets which leads me to two conclusions - 1 - the people engaged in software development are just not skilled enough or 2- the current hardware on the vehicles just isn't capable of delivering the aims of the company no matter how well written the software coding is.
@FastLaneJB I haven't a clue what you are talking about with windows in the boot of a car. (I've had cars with rot holes in the boot - does that count?)
However, the value of USS or indeed any feature of a car differs from person to person, some may absolutely need a feature whilst others cant see a value in it at all.
I've driven since 1974, as a teenager I couldn't afford a new car or even a new-ish one - old bangers were probably a better description, My first car was a Hillman Minx, followed by Mini, Hillman Hunter, Capri Mk1, Capri mk2 - none of these cars had power steering, no central locking, wind down windows, no parking aids no abs etc - but that was the norm and we all drove and parked without whacking stuff.
As the years progressed cars became more refined, safer and much better equipped - and once you have additional features its unlikely you would ever want to have a car without them.
I have absolutely no trouble parking any car I've driven, and indeed I was a professional driver HGV class one for 8 years with a 40 foot box trailer back in late 70s early 80s - so i do consider myself a competent driver. I have never found the cameras on cars to be useful when reversing - you cant judge distance with a 2d image - so I have always used door mirrors and i find them a cinch to use, however, pre parking sensors If i was reversing into a tight spot parallel parking I would often open the drivers door and lean out to look at the rear to judge the distance, with sensors you just don't have to do that - and whilst relying on the beeps may not be technically correct, I think most drivers do because they are exceptionally reliable, plus if your parking in an unfamiliar setting their value is greater. Its not just the parking either as the lack of sensors have crippled other functions that used them - additional features customers paid extra for.
I think we all agree Tesla have made a big boob with removing the USS long before they have an alternative solution, whatever the reason they did it, be supply issues or over optimistic evaluation of the TV progress or just plain greed in hoping they could get away with it and save a shed load of money, Its about time they took responsibility and immediately address the issues by keeping those without USS informed on progress of TV with regular updates, offering them compensation for the long wait - or the offer of a retrofit to those customers that absolutely want sensors - no matter what the cost is to do it, doing nothing is just damaging the reputation of the marque, and once damaged it takes years to recover from -- Remember Vauxhall - vehicles rotting away in your lunch break - that took over 20 years for the stigma to subside - with a continuing perception to some who consider Vauxhall as cars for people that don't like cars.
Tesla did such a good job in those earlier years to convince people to shell out considerable sums of money in a car that hadn't even been produced, they have led the way in EV development but seem determined to throw it all away in the pursuit of profit, I do see what they are aiming for but believe they are letting perfection get in the way of good.