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It's really hard to see why you would buy this system for $1100 if you can just buy a new car and get this all for free A key phrase here is "just buy a new ca
by mellosouls 6y ago
It's really hard to see why you would buy this system for $1100 if you can just buy a new car and get this all for free
A key phrase here is "just buy a new car". You might be able to afford that but most can't.
I don't know what Comma AI's market strategy is but I would imagine there is a huge potential aftermarket for gizmos like this in capable older motors, with that growing as time moves on and the enabling technology takes hold.
- woeirua 6y agoI'm not sure about that. You have to have a relatively recent vehicle for this to work, because steer-by-wire only became common place in the last few years as manufacturers started adding ADAS systems. This wont work on any car with hydraulic steering, which rules out a lot of cars.
- shiftpgdn 6y agoThe only manufacturer who is doing better than Comma is Tesla. Every single manufacturer (including Audi and Cadillac) are years behind Comma in terms of performance.
- matz1 6y agoThen why don't manufacturer just use openpilot ? afaik its free and the code is in the github.
- omgwtfbyobbq 6y agoLiability maybe? The same reason why everything except for TACC with Tesla is considered beta and you have to consent to always be ready to intervene to use it.
- xiphias2 6y agoI guess the trained models themselves are not free, But George is selling it fir the same price to them as well, they just don’t want to rely on him.
- woeirua 6y agoIs that true though? I know that Hyundai at least has demonstrated a true level 4 system in Korea. It hasn't made its way to any production vehicles yet, but I suspect that's partially because the regulatory regime is still up in the air. Part of the real risk with releasing something right now is that you'll end up with a system that is not compliant with whatever the regulations eventually require.