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It only works with vehicles which have built-in capability of auto steering and braking
by hoahluke 10y ago
It only works with vehicles which have built-in capability of auto steering and braking
- slg 10y agoWhat do you mean by "auto steering and braking"? Does this simply turn on settings that already exist in the car or does this actually control the car through fly by wire commands? If it is the latter, is this something that car manufacturers actively support third parties doing? To the layman like me, that seems like a huge potential liability.
- trevyn 10y agoThe latter. I remember listening to an interview with George where he chose Honda/Acura because they're "generally hands off about these kind of things" meaning aftermarket mods.
- MBCook 10y agoSo basically it should work if it's a drive by wire car.
- astazangasta 10y agoZipcar routinely starts and stops cars by satellite; OnStar pulls speeding fugitives over for the cops. In the 'this is bad' domain, some people say Michael Hastings was killed by remote software exploit of his car.
- tim333 10y agoI believe Honda have given them permission to do this. The unit communicates digitally with Hondas built in systems.
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- mannykannot 10y agoIt is the same mechanism that allowed a Jeep's brakes to be hacked remotely, extended to the steering. So yes, car manufacturers do implement and ship extremely poorly thought-out ideas.