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Need for Speed in Nevada

This year's CES (one of the main tech events globally) featured the Indy Autonomous Challenge (IAC). They were organized just like Formula 1. Only instead of the phrase "Turn on your engines", it sounded "Start your software."

The cars rode along the Las Vegas Motor Speedway, where NASCAR races, among others, take place. Nine teams from different countries competed in the qualifying round. Five cars took part in the races; two reached the final. The joined team from Milan Polytech University and the University of Alabama won.

Their PoliMOVE racing car set a speed record of 278 km/h (173 mph), and guys took the main prize of $150,000. The second was the car of the Munich Technical University team, which received $50,000.

This kind of competition is good for many reasons. They motivate students and young scientists to develop autonomous driving technologies. Demonstrate to the general public the level of progress in this area. They also provide a lot of useful data for improving unmanned vehicles, applicable in ordinary situations of life and business.

It is for this purpose that Energy Systems Network organized these races. The company's CEO hopes the initiative will "catapult the industry far ahead."

In Las Vegas, the IAC races were held for the second time. The very first took place in Indianapolis last October.


You can watch the final here:



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