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No, sadly there is no open source car avaiable (I think some designs exist, coming from univerisies, but nothing you could buy anywhere) I suppose consumers, tu

No, sadly there is no open source car avaiable (I think some designs exist, coming from univerisies, but nothing you could buy anywhere) I suppose consumers, tuners and repair shops would love it. But I do not see any big company ever going into that direction. It would be interesting, how it could avoid the patent madness. I assume EVERYTHING with cars is patented.

Roritharr 5y ago
I've actually had the intention of building a company focused on manufacturing and selling open-source household appliances, like washing machines, fridges etc. Cars would be the endgame for a company like this. Still in the early planning stages, just creating a good toaster that's repairable, open etc. is an interesting undertaking if you want everything above board.
- have_faith 5y ago
  Any way I can follow your progress?
- follower 5y ago
  I spoke about a concept related to this a few years ago in "Fair Trade Consumer Electronics with Open Hardware": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FM80hQ117JM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FM80hQ117JM Might have some prior art for folks interested in the topic. It's a pretty interesting topic from both a technical & business/marketing point of view. Couple other lists of somewhat related links: * http://web.archive.org/web/20200119053707/http://www.labradoc.com/i/follower/p/notes-open-consumer-electronics http://web.archive.org/web/20200119053707/http://www.labrado... * http://web.archive.org/web/20200119061518/http://www.labradoc.com/i/follower/p/notes-fair-electronics http://web.archive.org/web/20200119061518/http://www.labrado... * http://web.archive.org/web/20200119061518/http://www.labradoc.com/i/follower/p/notes-fair-electronics http://web.archive.org/web/20200119061518/http://www.labrado...
ArekDymalski 5y ago
>But I do not see any big company ever going into that direction. IBM did that with PC architecture and it had profound impact on technology, business and world as a whole I believe.
- batch12 5y ago
  It is my understanding that the impact came from the IBM compatible PCs that were reverse engineered to match that architecture.
  - the-dude 5y ago
    This was the BIOS only. That was only valuable because the rest was already open.
- upofadown 5y ago
  Which, interestingly enough, was forced on IBM in the form of a right to repair/interface provision in an anti-trust consent decree targeting mainframes.

Roritharr 5y ago

I've actually had the intention of building a company focused on manufacturing and selling open-source household appliances, like washing machines, fridges etc. Cars would be the endgame for a company like this. Still in the early planning stages, just creating a good toaster that's repairable, open etc. is an interesting undertaking if you want everything above board.

have_faith 5y ago
Any way I can follow your progress?
follower 5y ago
I spoke about a concept related to this a few years ago in "Fair Trade Consumer Electronics with Open Hardware": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FM80hQ117JM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FM80hQ117JM Might have some prior art for folks interested in the topic. It's a pretty interesting topic from both a technical & business/marketing point of view. Couple other lists of somewhat related links: * http://web.archive.org/web/20200119053707/http://www.labradoc.com/i/follower/p/notes-open-consumer-electronics http://web.archive.org/web/20200119053707/http://www.labrado... * http://web.archive.org/web/20200119061518/http://www.labradoc.com/i/follower/p/notes-fair-electronics http://web.archive.org/web/20200119061518/http://www.labrado... * http://web.archive.org/web/20200119061518/http://www.labradoc.com/i/follower/p/notes-fair-electronics http://web.archive.org/web/20200119061518/http://www.labrado...

ArekDymalski 5y ago

>But I do not see any big company ever going into that direction. IBM did that with PC architecture and it had profound impact on technology, business and world as a whole I believe.

batch12 5y ago
It is my understanding that the impact came from the IBM compatible PCs that were reverse engineered to match that architecture.
- the-dude 5y ago
  This was the BIOS only. That was only valuable because the rest was already open.
upofadown 5y ago
Which, interestingly enough, was forced on IBM in the form of a right to repair/interface provision in an anti-trust consent decree targeting mainframes.