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I really wish there was an open source car I could buy and tinker with.
I'd love to make one myself, but I don't have the talent, money, or commitment.
I'll keep dreaming that it will happen one day.
Older cars are pretty much that. Pre-2000s are generally very simple to work on, and you could replace the whole ECU with a DIY unit with some work if you wanted to.
Parts are getting rare and expensive. I have trouble sourcing parts for my 2002 Mitsubishi.
Well that just depends on the car, miata parts are ridiculously easy to find
Plenty of older cars are basically reverse engineered and simple enough to be considered open source these days.
there are companies dedicated to providing kits to retrofit classic cars to be electric
Factory five sells kits that take a donor vehicle and regular tools to put together.
That's pretty cool. I wonder if they'll have any electric kits soon.
That would be awesome. I’ve always wished I had the garage space to order one, even if it took me years to put together it would feel so awesome and I’d love learning so much about the vehicle along the way. The kits aren’t cheap but I was also expecting a higher price for how they look I think.
Aptera might be the closest think to "Open Source" we might get.
The owner and creator plans on providing all schematics, operational code, and components. Including QR codes etched on everything to easily be able to find the specific info for any given part.
It's been a while since I've done a deep dive into them, but maybe it's time to do so again.
Slate looks promising... but we'll have to see
Isn’t that the one owned by bezos?
Yeah.
Thanks for introducing this to me. This might actually be the vehicle that solves the needs of my wife & I.
Nice!
They certainly have some unique (and possibly controversial) design philosophies, but providing schematics is far beyond what most companies will do. I'll take another look at some point.