In Abu Dhabi, the Autonomous Racing League has been testing driverless motor racing, and last month 10,000 people descended on the Yas Marina race track to watch the first four-car driverless race. Hazel Southwell was one of them, and she reports on it for Ars Technica (npub15wh…e9hw).
From the cars to the tech to the competition, she got a front row seat for all the thrills and spills from the inaugural race. Is it the future of motorsport? Probably not, she writes, but is “strangely exciting” and an “interesting test lab” all the same. Here’s more.
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