DRIVE AI Demo Day 2025

October 31, 2025

On Oct. 24, ITS Berkeley held the DRIVE AI Demo Day at the Richmond FIeld Station, featuring guided tours, live demonstrations, and technology showcases across AV, V2X, and electrification testbeds. UC Berkeley student clubs and research centers, RFS tennants, and indusrty and start up partners and freinds showcased their work and products. See DRIVE AI Workshop photos here.

Located just six miles from UC Berkeley’s main campus, the Richmond Field Station (RFS) is the physical home of DRIVE AI - a 175-acre applied research campus for connected, electrified, and autonomous systems.

RFS brings together an AV test track, V2X corridors, drone testing zones, charging and microgrid infrastructure, and open-air labs that allow partners to move rapidly from concept to deployment. The site also includes shared offices, coworking areas, and a makerspace where researchers, startups, and corporate teams prototype, test, and refine emerging mobility technologies side by side.

As a living laboratory, RFS links research, policy, and real-world infrastructure, enabling DRIVE AI members to demonstrate technologies, host pilots, and connect directly with Berkeley’s engineering and data-science expertise.

ITS Berkley Acting Director Scott Moura, UC Berkeley College of Engineering Interim Dean Mark Asta, and College of Engineering Associate Dean for Research Tarek Zohdi welcomed attendees to DRIVE AI Demo Day, setting the day for an at-your-own-pace demo day! Several reserchers and companies also took the stage during the day to present their work and technology.

UC Berkeley research centers based at the Richmond Field Station, including Partners for Advanced Transportation Technology, Center for Smart Infrastructure, Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center, and Energy and Biosciences Institute, showecased their research and work at Demo Day. RFS also is home base to many student groups, including the SoCal solar racing team and the Berkeley Formula Racing team, highlighte in the Student Showcase.

ITS Berkeley invited a number of Industry, start ups, UC Berkeley centers and students, and community partners and friends to demonstrate their reserch, business, and techology at the Richmond Field Station. The field station was a buzz with activity and innovation.

ITS Berkeley's DRIVE AI event offered ample opportunity to meet new and old friends and network with other industry and academic colleagues.