Audi makes autonomous vehicles for the Google Lunar X-Prize race

German car manufacturer prepares to launch the self-propelled Lunar Quattro. Audi seems to want to win the lunar self-driving race organized by Google.

Audi makes autonomous vehicles on the moon

As part of the Lunar XPrize program , Google will donate $ 30 million to the winner of the self-propelled moon race. The winning car will have to move the distance of 500 meters on the surface of the moon, while rotating and transmitting high-quality video to the earth. Many global scientists have registered to participate in this cult competition of Google. On Thursday, Audi announced a partnership agreement with a group of German engineers called Part Time Scientists to create a completely new moon car.

With Audi's sponsorship, Part Time Scientist's self-propelled car will be renamed Audi Lunar Quattro . The design of Audi cars will also be put on a self-driving moon. Therefore Lunar Quattro will have a beautiful glossy aluminum cover and a well-known 4-circle logo in the front.

According to Audi, Lunar Quattro is equipped with four electric motors, so it can travel at 3.6 km / h on the moon. In addition, Lunar Quattro has two stereoscopic cameras and scientific cameras used to check the material found on the moon's surface.

The famous German car manufacturer will launch a special Quattro self-propelled car to win the Moon race organized by Google.

Old design of Part Time Scientists.

The original plans of Audi and Part Time Scientists were to bring self-propelled vehicles to the moon in 2017. However, the other two teams (including Astrobotic from the US and Hakuto from Japan) all announced to "ask" to SpaceX Falcon 9 of billionaire Elon Musk aims to set foot on the moon since 2016. But no matter who is the final winner, Google 's meaningful competition will certainly make an important contribution to the journey to space. of human.