Roborace Reveals World’s First Self-Driving Electric Race Car — Is This The Future Of Racing?

Roborace CEO, Denis Sverdlov, alongside Roborace Chief Design Officer, Daniel Simon unveiled the futuristic car on stage during a keynote address on the evolution of autonomous vehicles.

The car is designed by Daniel Simon, the automotive futurist who creates vehicles for Hollywood sci-fi blockbusters including Tron Legacy and Oblivion.

The Roborace car weighs 975kg and measures 4.8m long and 2m wide. It is equipped with four motors 300kW each and a 540kW battery. The car is predominantly made of carbon fibre and will be capable of hitting speeds over 320km/h.

The car uses some technologies to ‘drive' itself including five lidars, two radars, 18 ultrasonic sensors, two optical speed sensors, 6 AI cameras, GNSS positioning and is powered by Nvidia's Drive PX2 brain.

Roborace provides an open A.I. platform with fixed hardware for companies to develop their driverless software and push the limits in an extreme and safe environment. The series is designed to be a competition of intelligence, so all teams will use the same "Robocar" as revealed today.

Denis Sverdlov, Roborace CEO said, "This is a huge moment for Roborace as we share the Robocar with the world and take another big step in advancing driverless electric technology."

He added, "The progress with Devbot on track and building the Robocar in less than a year has been extraordinary, and we cannot wait to continue the journey of learning with the Robocar."

Roborace Chief Design Officer, Daniel Simon said, "Roborace opens a new dimension where motorsport as we know it meets the unstoppable rise of artificial intelligence. Whilst pushing the boundaries of engineering, we styled every single part of the Robocar."