1ST Time Using Aptera's OpenPilot System

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[DrTeeHenry]

I have comma3 (not 3x) for my 2022 Bolt. Works great! For city driving, intervention is still needed from time to time, particularly for turns at intersections. But for highway driving, it's a dream. I do need to play around more with the experimental mode and with GPS routing. I think I've only scratched the surface of its capabilities.

[DemaGeek]

Thanks for this OpenPilot overview Chris and Drew. Every time I see an OpenPilot demonstration, I like what I see. Can't wait for the Aptera/OpenPilot combination!!

[ractnodi]

I haven’t seen anything about open pilot since 2019. I love the thought of being able to nudge the steering wheel without it disengaging.

[johntrotter]

Amazing system. Glad I added it to my Aptera. Now, we just need real production.

[psweber]

This is great. Unfortunately comments about FSD are out of date. 12.5.6.3 has solved most of what was mentioned. It's awesome.
That being said I have ordered Comma 3 with my Aptera. I hope they add rear camera options, useing the mirror cameras as mine has solar hatch and no rear window.

[AB-ythd]

It would be even better if they added also a radar and IR camera for bad weathers and noght condition.

[mshonle]

From a machine learning perspective, that OpenPilot was trained on a diversity of cars and steering mechanisms means there is a good chance it would generalize better (avoiding what is called “overfitting”). For robotics, it’s been found that training in a simulation where the physical “constants” are routinely randomized that the end system is much better able to adapt to the specific real world physical constants (than if the simulation only tried to match estimates of the real world). It may seem counterintuitive, but the gist is that “systems that learn to adapt, can adapt better.”

Better generalization means the system is more robust and reliable. It hadn’t crossed my mind before, but if Tesla was only ever training FSD on the select few Tesla models there are, they may have been counterproductively tying their hands. (Note: this is just speculation here, I don’t know what Tesla actually did.)

[craigmerrow]

6:41 Drew mentioned getting by with less; I prefer to think about doing more with less! 😊

[BrianLambert]

If you're ever in the Florida panhandle and want to take Comma 3 for a spin yourself, hit me up! I have this installed on my 21 Kia Niro EV, and it really does about 95% of my driving for me!

[iKingRPG]

Fun fact Comma 2 and earlier was literally just a phone in a 3d printed case and a custom OS

[ampedupevct]

Comma AI is awesome. I used it in my Kia Telluride and Stinger. Game changer for non-Tesla vehicles.

[kevinscott]

Cool – looking forward to driving my Aptera with Openpilot! 😎

[ernest]

They need to do sentry mode. I don’t care about the power loss.

[robinpettit]

I have open-pilot ordered for my Aptera.

[CrumResearch]

I adapted Openpilot to the Jeep Grand Cherokee back in 2018! Great to see this video, thanks, keep up the Aptera coverage, especially with Openpilot content. Ship Aptera with OP, or at least all ready for the owners to add the Comma 3X and install Openpilot, like mentioned in this video.

[DankRageRants]

proud 3x owner, and tesla owner here. Have owned the comma 2 as well. I love both!

[telih]

+1 for comma, been following openpilot for years. Wouldn't buy a car that doesn't support it. It's way better than most oem systems because of less nagging. Also no worry about the internal camera privacy issues, like tesla techs watching your cameras. Driver monitoring is on the device itself, no cloud server.

[charangohabsburg]

How I wish I would get my Aptera with this device already integrated, but I'm "afraid" that I'm not close enough to the end of the waiting line! 😂
Nice demo, thank you!

[artboymoy]

Neat! Cool tolearn abot this system. Thanks Drew.

[GabrilRocha]

how comes everything aptera and open pilot does just makes sense