Live on stage at Mobile World Congress we launched the future. Our CEO, Denis Sverdlov and Chief Design Officer, Daniel Simon showed how they’d made their dream of beauty and design come true, the Robocar is a huge step forward in advancing driverless electric technology.

Introducing the Robocar:

Now for the the tech bit:

• Robocar weighs in at 975kg and measures 4.8m long and 2m wide.
• It has 4 motors 300kW each, 540kW battery
• Predominantly made of carbon fibre

• Robocar will be capable of speeds over 320kph
• Robocar uses 5 lidars, 2 radars, 18 ultrasonic sensors, 2 optical speed sensors, 6 AI cameras
• Powered by Nvidia’s Drive PX2 brain it’s capable of up to 24 trillion A.I operations per second, that’s right, per second.

The progress we’ve made in such a short space of time has been nothing short of astounding. The Robocar really is a huge moment for Roborace and a big step for the driverless community and we see ourselves as ambassadors for that community. With our partnership with Formula E we’re dual tracking the future as fast as we can.

If it wasn’t already clear, Robocar is a feat of engineering mixed with a beautiful dream and the response has been remarkable and we’re just getting started.

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Make sure you stay tuned to our social channels and for Inside Roborace Episode 7 of Inside which will show exclusive footage of our journey in Barcelona.

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With our show-stopping matt black garage glistening in sunny Buenos Aires, we attracted thousands of fans and Formula E teams eager to Instagram and Tweet photos of our Devbots and garage.

With all the lessons of Marrakech and Hong Kong fresh in the mind the team were confident that something important, nay historic could happen in Buenos Aires, a city steeped in racing history. What followed proved to be exactly that.

Everyone’s eyes were on the sky and the potential storms that were predicted to hit just as race time approached adding to the spectacle. Devbot 1 and Devbot 2, in iconic football team colours of River Plate and Boca Juniors were on track and ready.

And then we saw history play out in front of our eyes; two driverless cars racing and engaging with each other on a city track. A world first. Live in the balmy Buenos Aires afternoon.

Alex Tai, CEO Virgin Racing Engineering was at the Roborace garage as our Devbots raced and gave us some perspective: “It is amazing how far Roborace has come since first showing the Devbot less than six months ago and we can’t wait to see the Robocar in cities soon. Many people are working on autonomous vehicle technology, but none have achieved the milestone of putting two cars on a race track together.”

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Devbot 1 clad in River Plate colours raced to a top speed of 186 kph and beat Devbot 2 after a racing incident on track which allowed Devbot 1 one to coast to victory a role reversal of the current Argentine Primera División where Boca reign supreme.

What a weekend. Expect many more historic moments like this in the future, starting this next week at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.

We’ll be documenting each step of our journey with Roborace across Medium, YouTube, Instagram, Facebook and Twitter. Don’t miss a moment.

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