Surely you're joking? You really believe those timelines were set in good faith?

Lol it has been strategic manipulation right the way through. Right out of an Industrial Organisation textbook.

Yeah I think their early success with Tesla Vision was faster than expected, it went to their heads, and they underestimated the iteration and fine tuning needed to solve the edge cases. It's difficult to predict how many reps it will take to solve an intricate problem. That's not to excuse their public timeline -- their guidance was naive and IMO irresponsible -- but I don't think it was in bad faith.