Central Indiana Corporate Partnership’s branded initiative Energy Systems Network merges with the Battery Innovation Center

INDIANAPOLIS (July 28, 2022) –The Central Indiana Corporate Partnership (CICP) today announced that one of its branded industry sector initiatives, Energy Systems Network (ESN), which is focused on advanced energy technology and transportation, is merging with the Battery Innovation Center (BIC) effective August 5, 2022. ESN was formed by CICP in 2009. In 2010, ESN …

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New Energy INsights program, in partnership with IEDC and AWS, to reduce energy costs for Indiana manufacturers

INDIANAPOLIS (March 2, 2022) – Energy Systems Network (ESN) and the Emerging Manufacturing Collaboration Center (EMC2) announced today the launch of Energy INsights. A first-of-its-kind statewide program, developed in collaboration with the Indiana Economic Development Corporation (IEDC) and Amazon Web Services (AWS), to use artificial intelligence (AI) and data science to reduce energy costs and …

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PoliMOVE wins the Autonomous Challenge @ CES, making history as the first head-to-head autonomous racecar competition champion

LAS VEGAS, Nev. (January 7, 2022) — The Indy Autonomous Challenge (IAC) team PoliMOVE from Politecnico di Milano (Italy) and the University of Alabama today won the Autonomous Challenge @ CES, making history as the first head-to-head autonomous racecar competition champion. PoliMOVE competed at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway in a field of 5 teams …

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Indy Autonomous Challenge announces first spinoff company, driveblocks, from TUM Autonomous Motorsport at CES

LAS VEGAS, Nev. (January 4, 2022) —Energy Systems Network (ESN) today announced the first spinoff company to form through its Indy Autonomous Challenge (IAC) – driveblocks. TUM Autonomous Motorsport, Technische Universität München (Germany), winner of the IAC $1 million competition at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on October 23, 2021, is launching a new Autonomy Platform …

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Indy Autonomous Challenge announces new sponsors as it gets ready to make history at CES 2022 with the first head-to-head autonnomous racecar competition

INDIANAPOLIS (December 30, 2021) —  Energy Systems Network (ESN), organizer of the Indy Autonomous Challenge (IAC), today announced that the Technology Innovation Institute (TII) will serve as a premier sponsor of the Autonomous Challenge @ CES and that Halo powered by T-Mobile 5G has been selected as the official pace car. The IAC is preparing …

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Indy Autonomous Challenge prepares to make history at CES 2022, hosting autonomous racecar competition and announcing Luminar as a premier sponsor

INDIANAPOLIS (December 16, 2021) — Energy Systems Network (ESN), principal organizer of the Indy Autonomous Challenge (IAC), today announced details of the upcoming IAC events at CES 2022 in Las Vegas, Nev., January 3-8, 2022. Making history as the first high-speed, head-to-head autonomous racecar competition, 19 universities from 8 countries will form 9 race teams …

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