About
the Competition

Europe’s most established educational engineering competition
Recognized by motorsport industry

  • Design Competition
  • Technology Testing & Incubation Platform

The Formula Student (FS) and Formula SAE (FSAE) competitions require university teams to design, build, test, and race a Formula-style race car while making sure that there is a sound business model to back up a hypothetical mass-production line. The large scope of the competition and 130+ pages of strict design rules/regulations typically require students to work in a multidisciplinary team, with a growth mindset.

With top speeds reaching up to around 120 km/h, and batteries connected to supply 400-600V for electric cars, the first priority is always safety. Every year, teams come up with innovative ways to push the performance of their cars while making sure that safety isn’t compromised. Over the years, this has resulted in the cars becoming faster, and the competitions that much fiercer.

FSAE competitions have been around since the 80’s in the US, while the first FS competition started in the UK, quickly spreading to other European countries, and more recently, Asian countries such as China. Currently, there are collectively twenty FS/FSAE competitions held around the world every year, allowing thousands of highly motivated students to challenge themselves beyond the traditional university curriculum.

Points are scored under two major categories: Static Events and Dynamic Events. The Static Events comprises the business presentation, cost analysis, and design evaluation, while the Dynamic Events scores are made up of endurance, acceleration, skid pad, autocross, and efficiency. There are a total of 1,000 points available to score, and it is up to the student team to use their resources wisely to maximise their points! But of course, a team must first pass a series of tough technical inspections called Scrutineering in order for their car to be deemed safe enough to join the Dynamic Events.




Photo courtesy of Formula Student Germany

About the Team

The Electric Vehicle Racing Group was founded in 2018 by a handful of mechanical engineering students who wanted to take the School of Engineering’s experiential learning initiative to the next level. The team worked tirelessly over a period of 18 months to develop its first race car in time for the Formula Student Electric China 2019 competition in Zhuhai.

EVRG has been growing rapidly since, attracting students from across the School of Engineering, the School of Science, and even the School of Business and Management. Team members are expected to get their hands dirty and challenge themselves beyond their comfort zone; learning-by-doing.

Our team strives to push the current status quo of education. Students are much more capable than they think, and with the right guidance and a willing attitude to learn, building a race car is just a stepping stone to a bigger future.



Join us now and see for yourself!

01

Design.

The design stage starts with a concept generation phase in Summer, followed by detailed design, validation, and testing in the Fall semester using various computer aided engineering methods, and experiments.




02

Build.

Once the design stage is complete, be prepared to get your hands dirty during the manufacturing stage. This is when students get to see their design on the monitor come to life and come together as a real race car. But you better be quick! The competition is just around the corner, and there are hundreds of hours of testing to complete to make sure that the car is up to standards.

03

Race.

Taking the car to the Formula Student venue, setting up a make-shift garage, and racing on the track is the most exciting part of the competition. You’ll be surprised by how friendly everyone is at the competition though – every team knows just how tough things can get, and will help you out so that you can pass the rigorous scrutineering.