Audi to lap Hockenheim in driverless RS7

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An automaker like Audi will always have a number of different research and development projects going at the same time, and some of them might take on very different approaches. At one end, you'll have its racing programs, and at what you'd assume would be the other, self-driving prototypes. But Ingolstadt is preparing to bridge that gap by running an autonomous prototype at racing speed around the famed Hockenheimring.

Set to take place on Sunday, October 19, during the DTM season finale at Hockenheim, the driverless RS7 will motor at speeds up to 150 miles per hour, right up "to its physical limits with millimeter precision."

Audi anticipates that "the world's sportiest piloted driving car" will run a lap time of just over two minutes, at which the RS7 would stand not only to be the fastest driverless car ever to lap the circuit, but also potentially the fastest four-door - if it can beat the 2:02.71 lap time set by a BMW M3 sedan in 2007.

The lap record for street-legal production cars around the Hockenheim GP circuit stands at 1:48.5, set by the Porsche 918 Spyder last year. Kimi Raikkonen has held the outright record since 2009 when he clocked a 1:13.78 lap time in his McLaren MP4-19.Continue reading Audi to lap Hockenheim in driverless RS7

Audi to lap Hockenheim in driverless RS7 originally appeared on Autoblog on Fri, 10 Oct 2014 14:58:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.



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