Energy Systems Network and the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, organizers of the Indy Autonomous Challenge, today unveiled the car that will be autonomously driven by scores of university teams in the world’s first high-speed, head-to-head autonomous race to be held at the Brickyard on Oct. 23, 2021.Modified Dallara IL-15 Indy Lights...

The birthplace of motorsports innovation soon will be home to a historic, trailblazing and driverless competition.Indianapolis Motor Speedway and Energy Systems Network (ESN) have announced a two-year, $1 million prize competition that will culminate in a head-to-head, high-speed autonomous vehicle race Oct. 23, 2021, around the Speedway's famed 2.5-mile oval.The...

Motorsport is the ideal incubator for new technologies, and with the advent of autonomous cars on the domestic market, mixing the two makes a lot of sense, despite many conservative fans' disdain for races without drivers.To be run as a support category at Formula E events, Roborace will pitch teams...

The upcoming Technology Issue of RACER magazine will offer insights into development trends in auto racing, but how can motorsports accommodate the apparently inevitable development of autonomous cars, which several road car manufacturers are hard at work on?In this presentation for the popular TED Talks YouTube series, Chris Gerdes reveals...