OpenPilot South Africa aims to bring the OpenPilot project to South African sold vehicles, both new and pre-owned.
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OpenPilot can add Level-2 autonomous driving to a variety of modern commercial vehicles.
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Ask your dealer about the availability of ADAS systems on the vehicle model you are interested in. Most car brands have ADAS support, but not all vehicles are imported with the systems fitted. You need to make sure ACC (adaptive cruise control) and LKAS (Lane Keep Assist System) are fitted over and above standard CC (cruiste control) and LDW (lane departure warning) systems.
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If you are not sure if you are subjected to sales talk, take the vehicle for a test drive. If the vehicle can adapt its speed to the vehicle you are following, it has ACC.
If the steering can move or nudge the vehicle back into its lane without you touching the steering (even for a second), it likely has LKAS. The linked video will give you a good idea what to look out for:
When you found your dream car, and verified that it is compatible with OpenPilot, it is time to decide on how to invest. The easiest route is to buy the Comma3 from Comma.ai. However, importation tax and shipping cost may be a consideration. Another option is to consider a Comma 2 clone, or a second-hand device. If you are really up to it, you can also build your own:
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If you consider yourself a tech-nerd or a amature programmer, you can join the openpilot development community by creating a GIT-hub account and fork OpenPilot for yourself. Many community members have influenced the main-stream code of OpenPilot, with functionality add-ons which have been adopted in master branches.
MoreOpenPilot aims to bring autonomous driving to commercially available vehicles sooner than other ADV projects. Why is this important, especially in the South African context? The quick answer is safety. Read the safety blog to find out more!
Before you embark on your quest to become part of the OpenPilot community, you need to make sure that your project can succeed before investing in the required hardware, being the aftermarket hardware, but also, more importantly, the vehicle you are going to invest in.
The linked video to comma.ai's installation of the Comma 3 gives a good idea of the required installation of hardware.
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Read our blog on the various value-adds we believe OpenPilot brings to ADAAS, autonomous driving and safety in general.
In addition to the information below, the vehicle needs to be equipped with LKAS and ACC systems
| VEHICLE BRAND | MODEL | ACC | LKAS |
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| Subaru (EyeSight) | Forester, Outback | |
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| Honda (Honda Sensing) | H-RV | |
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| Kia | Sportage, Sorento, Carnival | |
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| Toyota (automated lane centering) | C-HR, Rav4, Corolla-Cross | |
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| VW (automated lane centering) | Golf GTI, T-roc, Tiguan, Touareg | |
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| Hyundai (LFA) | Tucson | |
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| Mazda (automated lane centering) | CX-5 | |
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| Nissan (Intelligent Lane Intervention) | Qashqai | |
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There is a wealth of support and knowledge behind the development of the OpenPilot Project for you to explore and tap into:
Comma.ai is the Californian based startup company who developed OpenPilot. They sell the most advanced development kit and actively works to improve OpenPilot capabilty.
RetroPilot is a Discord-based community in pursuit of making OpenPilot available to all vehicles. The research actuators and alternative devices with custom OP forks.
DragonPilot is a custom fork from OpenPilot. It is the easiest fork to manage when testing OP behaviour on a newly fitted vehicle.
Should you want to know more on LKAS and ACC capability to make OpenPilot work in your car, or should you require advice on what hardware to invest in, please contact us per e-mail, or send us a message on WhatsApp!
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