During the 2024 / 2025 academic year, Princeton Autonomous Vehicle Engineering (PAVE) will begin the development of an autonomous lightweight land vehicle. The vehicle will be created through the modification of a commercial human-powered vehicle, such as a dune buggy, all-terrain vehicle, or golf cart. PAVE aims to exhibit the vehicle at Princeton University’s Demo Day 2025 and Princeton Research Day 2025.

In the past, PAVE has also experienced difficulty in entering some competitive challenges due to high monetary requirements and barriers to entry, such as the $1M capital required to enter a student F1 racing league. Subsequently, future plans for this project include the development of a low-cost racing league that encourages the formation of similar organizations to PAVE at other universities. In line with this vision, the project has been named Ivy: Racer.