Self-driving race cars zip into history at CES

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The PoliMOVE autonomous race car from Politecnico di Milano (Italy) and University of Alabama drives during the Indy Autonomous Challenge during the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway on Jan 7, 2022. Members of Italian-American team PoliMOVE cheered as their Formula 1 racecar, nicknamed ‘Minerva’, repeatedly passed a rival entered by South Korean team Kaist. — AFP

LAS VEGAS: A racecar with nobody at the wheel snaked around another to snatch the lead on an oval track at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas on Jan 7 in an unprecedented high-speed match between self-driving vehicles.

Members of Italian-American team PoliMOVE cheered as their Formula 1 racecar, nicknamed “Minerva”, repeatedly passed a rival entered by South Korean team Kaist.

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The PoliMOVE autonomous race car from Politecnico di Milano (Italy) and University of Alabama drives during the Indy Autonomous Challenge during the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway on Jan 7, 2022. Members of Italian-American team PoliMOVE cheered as their Formula 1 racecar, nicknamed ‘Minerva’, repeatedly passed a rival entered by South Korean team Kaist. — AFP

The TUM Autonomous Motorsport race car from the Technische Universität München (Germany) drives during the Indy Autonomous Challenge during CES at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway on Jan 7, 2022 in Las Vegas, Nevada. A racecar with nobody at the wheel snaked around another to snatch the lead on an oval track at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas Friday in an unprecedented high-speed match between self-driving vehicles. — AFP

The TII EuroRacing autonomous race car during the Indy Autonomous Challenge during the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway on Jan 7, 2022 in Las Vegas, Nevada. — AFP

Sensors and cameras on the TII EuroRacing autonomous race car during the Indy Autonomous Challenge during the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway in Las Vegas, Nevada. — AFP

The MIT-PITT-RW, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of Pittsburgh, Rochester Institute of Technology, University of Waterloo (Canada) autonomous race car enters the pit lane during the Indy Autonomous Challenge during the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway in Las Vegas, Nevada. — AFP

The MIT-PITT-RW, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of Pittsburgh, Rochester Institute of Technology, University of Waterloo (Canada) autonomous race car drives during the Indy Autonomous Challenge during CES at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway. — AFP

Crew members push into the pit the autonomous race car MIT-PITT-RW from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of Pittsburgh, Rochester Institute of Technology, and University of Waterloo (Canada) during the Indy Autonomous Challenge during CES. — AFP

The PoliMOVE autonomous race car from Politecnico di Milano (Italy) and University of Alabama in pit lane during the Indy Autonomous Challenge during the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway in Las Vegas, Nevada. — AFP

The TII EuroRacing autonomous race car passes the TUM Autonomous Motorsport car during the Indy Autonomous Challenge during the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway. — AFP

The Indy Autonomous Challenge's Dallara AV-21 fully autonomous race car is displayed at CES 2022 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The driverless car is run by algorithms with software making all the driving decisions. It can reach a speed of 100 mph and drives based on laser scanners so it can operate in the dark. — AFP

An autonomous race car drives during the Indy Autonomous Challenge during the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway on January 7, 2022 in Las Vegas, Nevada. - A racecar with nobody at the wheel snaked around another to snatch the lead on an oval track at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas Friday in an unprecedented high-speed match between self-driving vehicles. — AFP

The PoliMOVE autonomous race car from Politecnico di Milano (Italy) and University of Alabama passes the KAIST, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, autonomous race car during the Indy Autonomous Challenge during the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway. — AFP

The Indy Autonomous Challenge’s Dallara AV-21 fully autonomous race car is displayed during the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) on January 6, 2022 in Las Vegas, Nevada. — AFP

The TII EuroRacing autonomous race car passes the TUM Autonomous Motorsport car during the Indy Autonomous Challenge during the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway on January 7, 2022 in Las Vegas, Nevada. — AFP

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Self-driving race cars zip into history at CES