George Hotz cancels his Tesla Autopilot-like ‘comma one’

Re:George Hotz cancels his Tesla Autopilot-like ‘comma one’ by fiatpandas on Friday October 28, 2016 @03:10PM (#12819616)

That letter was an easy out for him. When you boast about your tech and it doesn't deliver on the promise (and don't forget the Musk challenge), it looks much better if your exit is caused by government interference than if you were to quit on your own. It's kind of less of a failure.

Granted, it's a huge stretch for him based on the language of the letter, but that's how I read the situation.

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Re:George Hotz cancels his Tesla Autopilot-like ‘comma one’ by tedmiston on Friday October 28, 2016 @03:40PM (#12819905)

I think you've nailed it. In his demo video, Hotz said he aims to do 99% of driving. Musk said, "99% is easy, 99.9999% is hard."

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Re:George Hotz cancels his Tesla Autopilot-like ‘comma one’ by rsp1984 on Friday October 28, 2016 @04:06PM (#12820133)

It may have been part of the strategy all along. I always found the schedule really aggressive. He announced it with big fanfare in late summer at TC Disrupt with availability end of 2016. I don't think he ever thought that was realistic.

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