Discussion on Custom ROMs for Electric Vehicles and Automotive Firmware Modifications
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Summary
A Hacker News discussion exploring whether custom ROMs exist for electric cars like Teslas, examining the feasibility of root access and custom firmware modifications in the highly regulated automotive industry. The conversation highlights safety regulations as the primary barrier to custom car firmware development, drawing parallels to custom ROMs for Canon cameras that don't implement entirely new features but rather modify existing functionality.
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As I know, all Auto market (not only EV) is extremely regulated (mostly, because of safety measures), so it is not much opened.
For about custom ROMs, situation very much like custom ROMs for Canon camera - they don't implemented totally new features
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