Our Team
Our Target
Our History
Our Team
The MIT team was started in 2018 as our three person shop in a shared MIT office. In just 18 months, we grew to 25+ students and placed 2nd and 3rd in world renowned competitions.
The team is currently working out of MIT’s Edgerton Center. We continue to scale and push the edges of the autonomous driving field. It’s been an incredible journey thus far and we would not have been able to accomplish it all without our strong industry partners, the amazing collaboration we had through MITT-PITT-RW, and most importantly the incredible group of students we’ve gathered to make it all a reality.
Our Target - A2RL
The Abu Dhabi Autonomous Racing League (A2RL) is an innovative motorsport series featuring AI-driven, driverless cars competing at the Yas Marina Formula 1 Circuit. A2RL aims to advance autonomous vehicle technology and inspire future STEM talent. The inaugural event in April 2024 saw eight international teams compete for a $2.25m prize pool. We aim to enter and race at A2RL in 2026!
Our History
MIT Driverless has consistently pushed the boundaries of autonomous racing at Indy Autonomous Challenge (IAC). After finishing 4th in simulation races in 2020, our team became one of only 9 finalists worldwide to compete in the first autonomous race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 2021. In 2022, we doubled our top speed to 138 mph and qualified 3rd at the Las Vegas event. By January 2023, we hit a new top speed of 154 mph while overtaking another car and placed 4th overall. Later that year, we placed 5th at the first IAC road course race at Autodromo Nazionale Monza, representing the U.S. as the only American team, and were selected to showcase at Goodwood Festival of Speed in the UK.
Formula Student Driverless (FSD) is a new competition category that challenges students to build a high-performance autonomous racecar. FSD is remarkably unique, in that it allows design across the entire stack: from the car’s chassis and electronics layout to high-level motion planning with state-of-the-art sensors and computing hardware.
Formula Student is the premier collegiate automotive engineering competition for 100+ teams from top universities. Formula Student teams design, build, test, and race electric and combustion cars. These vehicles trek on the edge of performance and have demonstrated record-setting acceleration and handling.
