The self-driving car project started by George Hotz, the first person to ever jailbreak the iPhone, has been canceled. The project involved a $999 after-market kit called “Comma One” that was capable of adding semi-autonomous capabilities to Honda Civics and some Acura cars. Hotz canceled the product after the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) apparently sent his company, Comma.ai, a letter expressing concern that the product “would put the safety of [Comma.ai’s] customers and other road users at risk.”
Hotz posted the full letter (which you can read here) to the Comma.ai Twitter account this morning. He also wrote that he “would much rather spend my life building amazing tech than dealing with regulators and...
via The Verge
