Tag: racing
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Indy Autonomous Challenge returns to CES
The Indy Autonomous Challenge (IAC) returns to CES 2023 to push the boundaries of head-to-head autonomous racing and showcase the future of autonomous mobility. The IAC will have a significant presence throughout CES 2023 with the Autonomous Challenge @ CES at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway on January 7; an exhibit in partnership with the…
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Indy Autonomous Challenge to race at iconic Texas speedway
The Indy Autonomous Challenge will return to racing at another iconic track with “The Indy Autonomous Challenge Powered by Cisco” at the Texas Motor Speedway on Friday, November 11th in Fort Worth, Texas. This follows a record setting competition at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway last October, and making history at CES 2022 in January with…
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1955 Mercedes-Benz ‘Mona Lisa’ sells for $142 million
A road-racing car built by Mercedes-Benz in 1955, and kept by them ever since, has been secured by British expert Simon Kidston for a client. Kidston had lobbied the board of the German company for 18 months to consider selling the car “that would never be sold”. In an invitation-only event held at short notice…
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Tech Mahindra launches ‘Ideathon Laps’ globally to develop green digital solutions
In a bid to focus on responsible business growth that can help shape a better and sustainable future, Tech Mahindra, a provider of digital transformation, consulting and business re-engineering services and solutions, is hosting Tech in Sustainability “Ideathon Laps”, as a part of the ongoing Mahindra Racing partnership. The Ideathon Laps will crowdsource innovative solutions…
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Polimove wins autonomous car race at CES
The Indy Autonomous Challenge (IAC) team PoliMOVE has won the Autonomous Challenge @ CES, making history as the first head-to-head autonomous racecar competition champion. PoliMOVE comprises team members from Politecnico di Milano, Italy, and the University of Alabama, in the US. PoliMOVE competed at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway in a field of five teams…
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Abu Dhabi team in ‘pole position’ at CES autonomous racing challenge
Abu Dhabi’s Technology Innovation Institute (TII) says it is in “pole position” at the first-ever CES autonomous racing challenge, although it’s not clear whether that means its car is literally in pole position on the grid or that the team is simply well prepared and positioned overall. Abu Dhabi says its preparations are in full…
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‘RoboRace’ autonomous racing selects Velodyne Lidar
RoboRace, the world’s first autonomous car racing series, has selected Velodyne as the official lidar sensor provider in its next generation vehicles. RoboRace will use Velodyne‘s solid-state Velarray H800 sensors in its electric-powered autonomous race cars for the Season One championship series, which is set to begin in 2022. The Velodyne and RoboRace engineering teams…
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Robotic toymaker Anki to close down
Anki, a startup company which made robotic toy cars and trucks, is planning to close its doors, according to a report on the Recode website. The company had raised more than $200 million in funding for the venture, and generated $100 million in revenue in 2017, but is now making all of its 200 employees…
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DHL uses Effibot logistics robot to deliver Formula E racing cars
Logistics giant DHL called on the Effibot autonomous vehicle to help with the logistics demands of delivering all 40 fully-electric racing cars which took part in the recent Formula E Championship decider in Montreal, Canada. Along with the cars, DHL also delivered lithium-ion batteries, charging stations, garage equipment and track infrastructure for the 10 teams…
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Roborace shows off its driverless electric racing car in the US
Roborace has been showing off its driverless electric racing car in New York, in the US, after organising similar exhibitions in other countries. Roborace organises what is believed to be the world’s first driverless electric car racing series, using vehicles based on Nvidia’s Drive PX2 artificial intelligence platform. The car incorporates technologies such as lidar,…