The founder of Comma One, George Hotz, posted on twitter that the self driving car project is cancelled, citing frustration with regulatory agencies having a hostile approach and the headaches that go with that territory. Directly, here is what I saw on the comma.ai twitter account:
Got this in the mail today link First time I hear from them and they open with threats. No attempt at a dialog. -GH 1/3
Would much rather spend my life building amazing tech than dealing with regulators and lawyers. It isn’t worth it. -GH 2/3
The comma one is cancelled. comma.ai will be exploring other products and markets. Hello from Shenzhen, China. -GH 3/3
And now the project has been completely released as open source! I don’t have the electronics knowledge to solder as required. I also don’t have a Honda or Acura to test it all out. I find it interesting the core of the unit is a cell phone. I don’t trust my cell phone to not freeze up at times, but that is possibly more of a software issue than hardware.
https://github.com/commaai
They instructions are surprisingly clear, given they cancelled the project.
I have some mixed feelings on the project being cancelled. It demonstrates the challenges in breaking into this business, but it also is a business with extremely high human safety risks if not done properly.