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by maym86 2901 days ago
Software that can't pass automotive safety standards.

> Hotz has been teasing a $1,000 after-market kit called Comma One that would let customers transform their dumb cars into smart, self-driving ones. But after a sternly worded letter from the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration last year, Hotz abandoned those plans

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-selfdriving-safety-idUSKCN...

Sounds like you have a nice demo in a controlled known environment. It's a far way off the promise made previously about building a self driving car, a claim which is now being retracted. Best of luck turning it into a product. Watch out for those edge cases.