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AI Racecar Bests Human-Driven Lap Record at Autodromo di Modena

Indy Autonomous Challenge AV-24, piloted by Unimore Racing’s AI driver, sets a new track lap record—beating previous record set by a Lamborghini Huracán STO

MODENA, Italy — (June 23, 2025) — The Indy Autonomous Challenge (IAC), a global university competition advancing autonomous technologies through high-speed racing, has once again made history. For the first time ever, an autonomous vehicle has set a track record faster than one achieved by a human driver. The milestone was achieved at Italy’s Autodromo di Modena, where an IAC AV-24 racecar, engineered by IAC and piloted by AI driving software from Unimore Racing, surpassed the previous lap record held by a Lamborghini Huracán STO.
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AI Racecar Bests Human-Driven Lap Record at Autodromo di Modena (June 23, 2025)
Indy Autonomous Challenge To Join Grand Prix of Monterey Weekend at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca (May 15, 2025)
New Autonomous World Speed Record Set With Indy Autonomous Challenge Maserati MC20 (March 3, 2025)

Indy Autonomous Challenge Achieves World’s First Multi-Car Autonomous Race at CES 2025 (January 13, 2025)

Indy Autonomous Challenge Returns to CES 2025: Showcasing the Future of Physical AI with Multicar Racing and Groundbreaking Collaborations (December 19, 2024)

Indy Autonomous Challenge Awarded DARPA Contract to Improve AI Training for Autonomous Systems (October 1, 2024)

Indy Autonomous Challenge Returns to Indianapolis Motor Speedway With Record-Setting Speeds (September 10, 2024)

More than 1,500 Indiana High Schoolers to Attend the Indy Autonomous Challenge Racing Event at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway (September 3, 2024)

Indy Autonomous Challenge to Host AI & Automation Summit at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Moderated by CNBC Anchor & Senior National Correspondent Brian Sullivan (August 29, 2024)

California Institute of Technology joins the Indy Autonomous Challenge, World’s Fastest Autonomous Racing Program (August 22, 2024)

Indy Autonomous Challenge AI Racecar Presented By Bridgestone Sets Autonomous Hillclimb Record At The Goodwood Festival Of Speed (July 16, 2024)

The Indy Autonomous Challenge Presented by Bridgestone Returns to Goodwood Festival of Speed in July 2024 (June 11, 2024)

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NI News - NI and the IAC Collaborate to Accelerate Autonomous Technology

Marelli News - Marelli and Indy Autonomous Challenge Announce Technological Partnership on Connectivity Solutions for Autonomous Racecars

Business Wire - NI Becomes Exclusive Hardware in the Loop (HIL) Technology Sponsor of the Indy Autonomous Challenge

Robotics 24/7 - Indy Autonomous Challenge to Relaunch Simulated Races With Autoware Foundation, Autonoma, TIER IV

CNET - AI Takes the Wheel at the Indy Autonomous Challenge

Business Wire - IAC's Autonomous Racecars Run with dSPACE's Central Computers

PR Newswire - VectorNav Technologies Provides GNSS/INS with RTK for Indy Autonomous Challenge

National Defense - Army Looks to Auto Racing for Ground Vehicle Edge

After Market News - The Indy Autonomous Challenge Powered by Cisco at Texas Motor Speedway will run on Nov. 11 and mark the IAC’s return to racing.

Inside Business - Indy Autonomous Challenge to race in Texas

Daily Mail - Robo-car breaks the world speed record! Fully autonomous PoliMOVE vehicle reaches an incredible 192.2mph on the Space Shuttle airstrip at NASA's Kennedy Space Center

BBC Click - Checking out the latest and greatest innovations coming out of CES 2022, including the self-driving cars taking part in the Indy Autonomous Challenge

CNN -This self-driving racecar goes 173 mph with no human driver inside

The Robot Report - Polimove wins Autonomous Challenge @CES race

Die Welt (Germany) - Erstes autonomes Autorennen: Wie Formel 1, nur ohne Fahrer

Il Sole 24 (Italy) - Auto da corsa a guida autonoma, Politecnico di Milano da primato

KTLA (Ch5-LA) - At this autonomous race car competition, these speed cars are programmed to drive themselves

Mashable - Watch high-speed autonomous race cars go head-to-head on the track

TechCrunch - The best future car tech at CES 2022

UK Daily Mail (AFP) - Eat my dust humans.Self driving racing cars hit 173 mph during first-ever autonomous race at the CES in Las Vegas

Yahoo! Autos - How Indy Autonomous Racing Got Real at Las Vegas Motor Speedway

STARTUPS Magazine - Racing Technology To Drive the Future of Autonomous Vehicles

Autoweek - How Indy Autonomous Racing Got Real at Las Vegas Motor Speedway

2 Oceans Vibe - There’s Nobody Behind The Wheel Of These 270km/h Race Cars [Video]

Texas News Today - Self-driving F1 car reached 115mph during the first ever autonomous race in Las Vegas

The Detroit Bureau - making history: a racing competition with no drivers

WTOP News - Indy Autonomous Challenge race at CES pushes limits of autonomous vehicles

Inside INdiana Business - Winner Crowned at Autonomous Challenge in Vegas

Robotics 24/7 - Indy Autonomous Challenge at CES 2022 Revs Up for Head-to-Head Race

Las Vegas Review Journal - Formula One race cars make autonomous runs at Motor Speedway

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Autonomous Challenge @ CES 2023 - Recap

Recap of the Autonomous Challenge @ CES 2023.

Indy Autonomous Challenge Will Return to CES 2023

The Consumer Technology Association (CTA)® announced that after making history at CES 2022 with the world’s first-ever, head-to-head autonomous racecar competition, the Indy Autonomous Challenge (IAC) will return to CES 2023.

Credit: Consumer Technology Association

Indy Autonomous Challenge Racecar and Team PoliMOVE Set New Land Speed Record for Autonomous Racecar

The Indy Autonomous Challenge (IAC) racecar, a Dallara AV-21 programmed by team PoliMOVE from Politecnico di Milano (Italy) and the University of Alabama (USA), set a new land speed world record of 192.2 MPH / 309.3 KPH at the historic Kennedy Space Center.

TUM Autonomous Motorsport Journey In The Indy Autonomous Challenge

A team at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) has developed software which lets race cars compete in motor sports without a driver. The TUM Autonomous Motorsport Team was able to take 1st and 2nd place at the Autonomous Challenges in Indianapolis and most recently at the CES in Las Vegas.

BBC Click coverage of the Autonomous Challenge @ CES

Click continues checking out the latest and greatest innovations coming out of CES 2022, including the self-driving cars taking part in the Indy Autonomous Challenge, a vehicle that can change colours, a car that you can livestream from, and a deep dive into the Omega Mart, where not everything is what it seems...

TUM Autonomous Motorsport Amazing Controlled Spin at Autonomous Challenge @ CES

The final pass of the competition and the amazing controlled spin by TUM Autonomous Motorsport!

PoliMOVE Wins Autonomous Challenge @ CES And $150k Check

Congratulations to the Indy Autonomous Challenge team PoliMOVE for winning the Autonomous Challenge @ CES, the first head-to-head autonomous passing competition at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway and winning $150k. A historic day.

The Most Advanced Autonomous Racecar Runs In The Dark - Dallara AV-21

No headlights, no track lights, no driver. The Indy Autonomous Challenge Dallara AV-21 is run on algorithms. The software makes all the decisions. Watch the IAC team TUM show how the most advanced autonomous racecar runs, in the dark.

WATCH THE LIVE STREAM: https://www.indyautonomouschallenge.com/stream

The Technology Behind The Most Advanced Autonomous Racecar - Dallara AV-21

Edge computing, lidars, radars, cameras, drive-by-wire and more. It takes a lot of technology to run the most advanced autonomous racecar, the Dallara AV-21. The Indy Autonomous Challenge teams are the best in the world, see how they do it.

WATCH THE LIVE STREAM: https://www.indyautonomouschallenge.com/stream

Autonomous Challenge @ CES - Live Stream on January 7, 2022

Indy Autonomous Challenge university teams set world records in October at IMS, pushing the technology behind autonomous vehicles to the absolute edge. On Jan. 7 at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway in the Autonomous Challenge @ CES, they take it to the next level in the first head-to-head passing competition between self-driving racecars.

WATCH THE LIVE STREAM: https://www.indyautonomouschallenge.com/stream

Autonomous Challenge @ CES - See what it takes!

The Indy Autonomous Challenge made history in Oct. and prepares to do it again the Las Vegas Motor Speedway on Jan. 7 with the Autonomous Challenge @ CES. IAC university teams developed the software that runs the Most Advanced Autonomous Racecar, the Dallara AV-21. See what it takes.

World's Fastest Autonomous Racecar - PoliMOVE Speed Record

Setting world records is what our IAC teams do in the Indy Autonomous Challenge. Team PoliMOVE now holds the title of “World’s Fastest Autonomous Racecar” at 175.96 mph. See the historic run here and see the team compete on Jan. 7 in the Autonomous Challenge @ CES on the IAC website livestream: https://www.indyautonomouschallenge.com

The Autonomous Challenge @ CES Is Coming To Las Vegas Motor Speedway - Jan 7, 2022

The IAC teams made history on October 23 at IMS and now they prepare for another history making competition at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway with the Autonomous Challenge @ CES on January 7, 2022.

TUM Autonomous Motorsport kissing the famous Yard of Bricks At The Indianapolis Motor Speedway

TUM Autonomous Motorsport kissing the famous Yard of Bricks At The Indianapolis Motor Speedway after winning the Indy Autonomous Challenge Powered by Cisco

Boston Dynamics Spot Waving The Green Flag at The Indy Autonomous Challenge Powered by Cisco

We were thrilled for Spot to serve as the official flag waver at the

IAC at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway!

EuroRacing sets record for fastest lap of an autonomous racecar on an oval

Watch the EuroRacing team as they set record for fastest lap of an autonomous racecar on an oval at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway

Cisco announces Presenting Sponsorship of the Indy Autonomous Challenge

Cisco announced its premier sponsorship of the Indy Autonomous Challenge, the first autonomous racecar competition at the world-renowned Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

IAC Dallara AV-21 Racecar Making Its First Fully Autonomous Laps

Indy Autonomous Challenge Dallara AV-21 racecar making its first fully autonomous laps. One more milestone for the Challenge.

The Most Advanced Autonomous Car Ever Built - The Official IAC Racecar at CES 2021

Meet The Most Advanced Autonomous Car Ever Built: A Dallara-designed, first of its kind, fully autonomous racecar built for competition.

Ansys IAC Simulation Race

Indy Autonomous Challenge Completes Major Milestone