George “Geohot” Hotz introduced his self-driving automobile startup, Comma.ai, a year ago out of his garage at the “Crypto Castle” located in San Francisco’s Potrero Hill area. A year later on, he told he’s ready to start shipping.
On Tuesday at the TechCrunch Disrupt conference in San Francisco, Hotz revealed a self-driving vehicle kit, called Comma One, that he guarantees will start delivering before the end of the year.
The rectangle-shaped, green-colored gadget will change the rear-view mirror and will be self installable, Hotz stated. While he didn’t share any of the hardware specifications at the conference, Hotz stated the set would contain its own video camera and hold all the device finding out algorithms to help the automobile drive itself.
The kit will only deal with specific Honda and Acura vehicles with lane-keeping assistance features. Comma One will take advantage of the radars and cameras constructed into those vehicles.
Hotz stated it will cost $999 for the hardware and another $24 a month for a subscription to the software application.
Hotz assures the gadget might get a driver “from Mountain View to San Francisco without touching anything.” That’s a over 50 mile trip on a very busy stretch of highway. This isn’t totally autonomous driving, however more like “really fancy cruise control.” Hotz stated it would be on par with Tesla’s Auto-pilot function.
Hotz stated release will be restricted to the Bay Area at first. “These will be harder to come by than a set of Kanye West sneakers.”
