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A $1,000 Hands-Free Driving Gadget Drove an Old Prius Coast-to-Coast 99% Autonomously
An aftermarket driver-assist system allowed Jay and Gypsy Roberts to complete the Cannonball Run in their 2017 Prius without almost ever touching the wheel.
Silver Screen CollectionActors Burt Reynolds as JJ McClure, Jackie Chan as Subaru Driver #1, Farrah Fawcett as Pamela, Dean Martin as Jamie Blake, and others during filming of the movie The Cannonball Run in 1981. Silver Screen Collection/Getty Images Just before COVID, Jay got hooked on consuming as much Cannonball media as possible, from watching YouTube videos to reading books written by the likes of Brock Yates, Ed Bolian, and, unsurprisingly, Alex Roy. “Their language is situational awareness, fuel economy, battery efficiency, powertrain software hacking, OTA updates, radar detection, laser jamming, NOAA, Google Earth, real-time maps, FAA data integration, real-time weather & traffic, crowd-sourced data, apps, mission control, synchronizing external spotters, thermal cameras, image stabilization, ambient temperatures, power management, charger handshakes, voltage regulation, thermal management, range optimization, weight savings, redundant communications, and Starlink.”
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