Get your first glimpse at a Roborace autonomous racecar

I'm sorry but, "Robots, start your motors" just doesn't have the same ring to it.

Never mind. What the all-autonomous Roborace lacks in human personas and engine noise, its cars easily make up for with visual panache.

That's clearly evidenced by the first design renderings released by Roborace, the world's first driverless racing series, Wednesday afternoon.

The car was penned computerized by Chief Design Officer Daniel Simon who's famous for his work on the sci-fi movies Tron: Legacy and Oblivion. If I do say so myself, Simon has outdone himself this time.

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Simon used the opportunities afforded him by not requiring space for a human driver and created a car both beautiful and entertaining to look at. Smartly, Simon realizes Roborace will have to be entertaining for people to engage with it -- especially since it will lack the aforementioned human personalities.

While this is just a rendering, I am excited to see what the real cars will look like when they take to the track during the 2017 all-electric Formula E racing series.

I'll be at the Formula E Long Beach Grand Prix this weekend covering the highlights from the race. But if you can't wait until then, check out the first trailer that Roborace just dropped.

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