A self-driving race car drove straight into a wall off the starting line in the world’s first autonomous racing series – Business Insider Australia

• An autonomous race car crashed immediately during a Roborace event on Thursday.
• The car, fielded by Acronis SIT Autonomous, made a sharp right turn and accelerated into a wall right off the starting line.
• Roborace is still ironing out the kinks of its racing series, and just started its “Season Beta.”
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Although driver-assistance technology has advanced considerably, we’re still a long way away from cars that can truly drive themselves on public…

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