Meet The 26-Year-Old Hacker Who Built A Self-Driving Car . . . In His Garage

George Hotz, the first person to hack the iPhone, says he built a self-driving car in a month.

Dec 17, 2015

George Hotz, the first person to hack the iPhone, says he built a self-driving car in a month. How did he do it? Bloomberg's Ashlee Vance went to Hotz's home to find out... and took his retrofitted Acura for a test-drive. (Video by David Nicholson)

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