[espes]

> It seems incredible that this is the source code for the $999 product originally destined to be available this year.

It's not

[mrlambchop]

Forgive me but it seemed like this was the case. Is this an earlier version of the code or a special opensource clean up then?

http://newatlas.com/geohot-comma-ai-openpilot-open-source/46...

[CmdrSprinkles]

The ars technical article covers it better http://arstechnica.com/cars/2016/11/after-mothballing-comma-...

But in a nutshell:

The company was approached by agencies that had severe concerns over safety and if this would have the required regulations in place.

So the company folded and released this instead.