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There will never unfortunately be an open-source car. The nearest you will get is by getting a well-documented one with good OEM parts availability and converti
by boznz 2y ago
There will never unfortunately be an open-source car. The nearest you will get is by getting a well-documented one with good OEM parts availability and converting it to an EV which eliminates a lot of the proprietary computers that seem to cause issues. EV drivetrain and battery parts are mostly well documented and interchangeable and can even be open-source, and Air bag and ABS computers in older cars also mostly work stand-alone (ie they will work properly if the cars computer is not there)
Newer cars have much better safety systems but have unfortunately gone all in for making things difficult.
- userbinator 2y agoIt depends what you mean by "open-source". You can build the entire drivetrain of the equivalent of a stereotypical mid-century domestic car with no parts from the original manufacturer, for example.
- yrds96 2y agoWell, at least here in Brazil, vehicle's manuals were far way better, even explaining the process of building the car. This reminds me of the history of a guy that rebuilded a Volkswagen Saveiro just reading the manual: https://youtu.be/ZKe1gl4WCvc?si=nIvKtAESdmn03bCn https://youtu.be/ZKe1gl4WCvc?si=nIvKtAESdmn03bCn (Brazilian Portuguese, with auto generated subtitles)