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A giant toaster with windows. That’s the image for many when they hear the term “robotaxi.” But there’s much more to these futuristic, driverless vehicles than meets the eye. They could be, in fact, the next generation of transportation. Automakers, suppliers and startups have been dedicated to developing fully autonomous vehicles for the past decade,

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When it comes to future mobility, you may not have to pave as many paradises for personal car parking lots. This week, autonomous mobility company Zoox unveiled its much-anticipated purpose-built robotaxi. Designed for everyday urban mobility, the vehicle is powered by NVIDIA and is one of the first level 5 robotaxis featuring bi-directional capabilities, providing

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When it comes to future mobility, you may not have to pave as many paradises for personal car parking lots. This week, autonomous mobility company Zoox unveiled its much-anticipated purpose-built robotaxi. Designed for everyday urban mobility, the vehicle is powered by NVIDIA and is one of the first level 5 robotaxis featuring bi-directional capabilities, providing

The post Sustainable and Attainable: Zoox Unveils Autonomous Robotaxi Powered by NVIDIA appeared first on The Official NVIDIA Blog.

NASCAR is the National Association of Stock Car Racing and sanctions over 1,500 races each year which take place on over 100 tracks. Many people are unaware that NASCAR has its origins in the Prohibition Era, when bootleggers adapted small fast cars to carry their stock.

All the 36 NASCAR races, in the Spirit Cup are worth the same number of points but some races seem to have more prestige and have developed a greater importance in the minds of fans.

The most prestigious three races are as follows:

Championship Race at Homestead

Since 2002 Homestead-Miami has been the host of the final competition of NASCAR’s Premier Division season. However, the race this year (2020) was not the season finale.

The move is part of NASCAR’s restructuring to try and attract younger fans. As the championship race Homestead has always had a special place in the season. It will be interesting to see if this is retained in the future, and if Homestead keeps its position as the third most important NASCAR race.

Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis

It is all change for the NASCAR Cup Series in 2020. The decision was made, because of the COVID-19 Pandemic, to run the 2020 race without fans. Despite still being one of the most prestigious races in NASCAR this event has seen dwindling attendances over recent years. Last year only 60,000 people attended the event, and with the stadiums capable of holding 235,000, it had been thought possible that it could be held with socially distanced fans, but it was not to be. Pandemic aside, the Brickyard 400 is still the second most prestigious NASCAR event and hopefully next year it will be back to its full glory.

Daytona 500

The Daytona 500 is the flagship event for NASCAR, and the 500-mile race held every year at the Daytona International Speedway is by far the most important event of the season. The race involves 200 laps of the track to make up the 500 miles of this key Daytona Beach event.

The 2020 winner was Denny Hamlin in his third victory and is now the fourth driver to win two years running.

Like other NASCAR events in 2020 Daytona 500 was hit by the pandemic and despite the fact that Daytona has seating for 100,000 people in the stands, only 8,000 invited guests were allowed to attend the event which was held one day late due to heavy rain.

The pandemic had a major affected during 2020 and fewer than half of scheduled races actually run as normal, with many races running with limited or no fans in attendance. People are now asking what will happen in 2021.

The event at Daytona Beach has run since 1959 when the first 500-mile event was held at Daytona International Speedway. Prior to this there had been a series of 200 mile races.

NASCAR, based at Daytona Beach has been struggling over recent years. It still has many loyal fans, but it has failed to break through as a major sport. Its TV viewing figures has plummeted from 19 million don to just 9 million. The average race attracts about 3 million viewers.

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