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Henrik Hemrin

If I have to buy a modern car (which means any EV unless conversion of an old one), I want one built with free or libre open source software. How long will I have to wait?

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Phil Thane ✅

@hehemrin Indefinitely if you want a regular car from one of the big manufacturers. Your only hope might be if someone designs a conversion kit based on commercial industrial motors and controllers that use

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Henrik Hemrin

@pthane I am afraid you are right. Still hoping it somehow will happen, from market demand, any EU regulation, or.

Phil Thane ✅

@hehemrin I'm not an engineer but brushless DC motors are widely used in industry with controllers whose software can be tweaked to suit the application. Not sure if they are open enough to release the source though, or to make it easy to flash new software into them.

Dec 23, 2023, 09:16 AM·Quiet public
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