Hardware

Ultrasonic sensors

Ultrasonic sensors were dropped in Oct 2022, 10 years, 3 months after they launched on 22 Jun 2012.

Launched 22 Jun 2012 Killed Oct 2022 Lived 10 years, 3 months Dead 3 years ago

The twelve parking sensors ringing every Tesla since the Model S launch, removed from Model 3 and Model Y in October 2022 and from Model S and X in 2023. Park Assist, Autopark and Summon went missing for months afterwards while the vision replacement caught up.

Archived screenshot of the source reporting the end of Ultrasonic sensors — Screenshot of the live page, captured 21 Aug 2026. Kept on this server so the record survives the page it came from.

Not a Tesla App — Oct 2022

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Passenger lumbar support 31 May 2021
Forward-facing radar May 2021
Model S panoramic sunroof Nov 2018
Model S rear-facing jump seats Nov 2018

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