After working software side in automotive, a lot of the features you stated are completely different areas of the company. This could be part of the problem, si

After working software side in automotive, a lot of the features you stated are completely different areas of the company. This could be part of the problem, since they don't think in terms of one cohesive product and try to jam as many features as they can into a vehicle. Without getting into the details, automotive acts like a start up with money and no idea what to actually build. Even worse, they have established leadership who in all their hubris thinks they can navigate development in bleeding edge technology they haven't the first idea on how to go about it. A feature in the infotainment system was my responsibility. I was writing services to consume opt-in data and give user feedback. They pivoted the tech available to me for development six times in a six month span when my deadline was around eight months. I couldn't get anyone to understand that good software takes time. Apparently the automotive veterans around me said that, "this is just how it is" and my resignation followed shortly after. But all this jank shit and half baked design of what you get as a package deal in your vehicle is the result of an industry that is woefully behind in terms of a well operating "tech" company. Those features you claim to want to get rid of are the same features that allow them to claim they are "luxury" and to justify the cost of a vehicle that probably should have taken a fraction of the effort and cost to make with any sort of competency. This is ultimately why Tesla is a crying shame and I wonder what it would have looked like without Elon's interference.