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They mentioned the race to Pike's Peak in 2010; apparently the Audi did it in 27 minutes (whereas the record is close to 10 minutes): http://www.wired.com/autop
by ajays 14y ago
They mentioned the race to Pike's Peak in 2010; apparently the Audi did it in 27 minutes (whereas the record is close to 10 minutes): http://www.wired.com/autopia/2010/11/audis-robotic-car-climbs-pikes-peak/ http://www.wired.com/autopia/2010/11/audis-robotic-car-climb...
The car sure has made a lot of progress in 2 years...
- lloeki 14y agoThe record is 10 minutes with purpose-built cars with titanic power (in the range of ~1000HP) and huge turbos to compensate for lack of oxygen at altitude. An Audi TTS with its measly 270HP can't beat that: > According to Audi, race officials said an expert driver in car like the TTS would complete the course in around 17 minutes.