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Audis Robotic Car Looks Hot In Old-School Livery
The autonomous Audi TTS that will try to climb Pikes Peak without a driver is packed with leading-edge tech, but Audi went old-school with livery that pays homage to its glory days in rallying.
Audi pulled the wraps off the latest iteration of the robotic car we took a ride in a few months ago, and the livery looks great. The stripes recall those of cars like the awesome Sport Quattro S1 Pikes Peak and Quattro Rallye A2, though the overall look is cleaner.
We were very much inspired by the Pikes Peak race cars, Raul Cenan, lead designer on the project, says. But there was very different technology used in those cars overall. So we decided to go with more modern elements that were heritage-inspired.
Audi and the guys at the Stanford University Dynamic Design Lab and Volkswagens Electronics Research Lab in Palo Alto are constantly tweaking and tuning the 2010 TTS ahead of its ascent up Pikes Peak in September. Pikes Peak is one hell of a place to test an autonomous car the course is among the most harrowing in motorsports, a flat-out sprint through 156 turns on a 12.4-mile climb to the clouds.
The best drivers attack the route at speeds of up to 130 mph. Chris Gerdes, head of the Center for Automotive Research at Stanford, assured us the TTS will be pushed to its limits.
I want to go up the mountain much faster than anyone with any sense of self-preservation would go, he told us.
For a rundown of the cars tech and video of it in action, check out our earlier post, Audis Robotic Car Drives Better Than You Do.
Read More http://www.wired.com/autopia/2010/06/audis-robotic-car-looks-hot-in-old-school-livery/#ixzz0ryUcB5Ls
Old video: http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid74416392001?bclid=74451571001&bctid=75285603001
Audis Robotic Car Looks Hot In Old-School Livery
The autonomous Audi TTS that will try to climb Pikes Peak without a driver is packed with leading-edge tech, but Audi went old-school with livery that pays homage to its glory days in rallying.
Audi pulled the wraps off the latest iteration of the robotic car we took a ride in a few months ago, and the livery looks great. The stripes recall those of cars like the awesome Sport Quattro S1 Pikes Peak and Quattro Rallye A2, though the overall look is cleaner.
We were very much inspired by the Pikes Peak race cars, Raul Cenan, lead designer on the project, says. But there was very different technology used in those cars overall. So we decided to go with more modern elements that were heritage-inspired.
Audi and the guys at the Stanford University Dynamic Design Lab and Volkswagens Electronics Research Lab in Palo Alto are constantly tweaking and tuning the 2010 TTS ahead of its ascent up Pikes Peak in September. Pikes Peak is one hell of a place to test an autonomous car the course is among the most harrowing in motorsports, a flat-out sprint through 156 turns on a 12.4-mile climb to the clouds.
The best drivers attack the route at speeds of up to 130 mph. Chris Gerdes, head of the Center for Automotive Research at Stanford, assured us the TTS will be pushed to its limits.
I want to go up the mountain much faster than anyone with any sense of self-preservation would go, he told us.
For a rundown of the cars tech and video of it in action, check out our earlier post, Audis Robotic Car Drives Better Than You Do.
Read More http://www.wired.com/autopia/2010/06/audis-robotic-car-looks-hot-in-old-school-livery/#ixzz0ryUcB5Ls
Old video: http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid74416392001?bclid=74451571001&bctid=75285603001
