Formula One race cars make autonomous runs at Motor Speedway

History was made astatine Las Vegas Motor Speedway Friday erstwhile cars piloted by 5 teams of students raced astir the way — with nary drivers.

The Indy Autonomous Challenge featured students from 11 universities from 7 countries piloting driverless Formula One cars traveling astatine up to 160 mph.

It was 1 of the closing events of CES 2022, which ended its three-day tally successful Las Vegas Friday.

“Autonomous racing is expanding the boundaries of tech and we’re thrilled to invited the Indy Autonomous Challenge to CES,” Gary Shapiro, president and CEO of the Consumer Technology Association said successful a statement. “With automotive and proscription tech tracking for grounds maturation astatine CES 2022, the Autonomous Challenge astatine CES volition further amusement our attendees each that is imaginable with self-driving conveyance technology.”

Last year, teams circled the Indianapolis Motor Speedway successful clip trials. The lawsuit astatine the Las Vegas way was the archetypal clip cars were pitted against each other.

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