LAS VEGAS, NV, January 12 – The next-gen Dallara AV-24 was unveiled at CES 2024 as the “most advanced autonomous racecar ever built” at CES 2024 in Las Vegas as the annual convention opened on Tuesday.
The official vehicle of the Indy Autonomous Challenge (IAC), the brand-new AV-24 – like the AV-21 model that preceded it – has no driver’s seat. Instead, the cabin contains hardware and controls, cameras and sensors, to enable full automation – all packed into a modified version of a Dallara Indy NXT chassis. The racecar was produced in the Dallara IndyCar Factory in Speedway, Indiana.
The updates and new features on the AV-24 include improved vehicle controls, 360-degree long-range lidar perception, 4D radar perception, enhanced GPS/GNSS accuracy, independent brake controls, and redesigned optical, among other advances.
The University of California, Berkeley, Robot Open Autonomous Racing (ROAR) program, together with its multi-university partners comprising the AI Racing Tech team, was one of three top teams selected to demo the new models around the track of the Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
After starting out with a few next-gen demonstration laps, the speedway lights were turned off for “Racing After Dark,” a spectacular display of three new AV-24s, decked out with LED lights in blue, green, and purple, orbiting the track in near-total darkness.
This spring and summer, all 10 IAC autonomous racing teams plan to put their new racecars through their paces at testing tracks across the globe to get ready for the first AV-24 head-to-head competition, the Indy Autonomous Challenge 2024, to be held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on September 6, 2024.
Photo and video courtesy of AI Racing Tech