The team is motivated by teamwork, innovation and a shared passion to build an even better electric and autonomous racing vehicle every year.
Founding year
2013
Motto
Develop together, grow together, race together.
Team size
70
Number of races
2
About the team
University Racing Eindhoven (URE) was founded in 2003 and is the largest student project of the Eindhoven University of Technology. The team consists of 86 active members, and 126 including alumni and advisory members, mainly from Mechanical Engineering, Automotive Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Industrial Engineering, complemented by interns from universities of applied sciences and exchange students.
The students learn to work in a large multidisciplinary environment and apply theoretical knowledge in practice. Driven by a shared passion for technology, URE strives to develop a faster, more efficient and more reliable race car each year.
One of the team’s standout achievements was securing second place overall at Formula Student Netherlands, where URE brought home five trophies and a special award, despite limited testing time before the event.
Team profile
Biggest success |
At Formula Student Netherlands, the team achieved an outstanding second place overall, bringing home five trophies and a special award, despite limited testing time caused by production delays. |
Fun Fact |
At the last Formula Student Germany event, URE appeared with three different cars simultaneously: the current URE19 and the two alumni cars URE13 and URE14. At one point, all three vehicles were on track at the same time: one on the DV Skidpad, one on the test track, and one on the historic Skidpad. |
Number of Study Programs Represented |
14 study programs across 3 universities (TU/e, Fontys and Tilburg University). |
Drive type |
Electric Vehicle (EV) |
Disciplines |
EV + DV/DC |
For many years now, our cars have been powered by dSPACE. Using the MicroAutoBox II as the ECU of the car, we are able to seamlessly integrate all our systems in a straight-forward system. With the Simulink integration, we can seamlessly implement our complex control model, which takes all inputs from all sensors around the car, and optimizes the motor response to race through the circuit the fastest possible! With the high performance of the platform, we are able to run our traction control, torque vectoring and track optimization algorithms in real time at 100Hz, allowing us to complement the driver’s performance at a very low latency.
Additionally, dSPACE products allow us to control our testbench, on which we can simulate any kind of load on our motors and inverters. This allows us to fully validate the drive unit before integrating it in the full car.
