Team Details

Einstein Motorsport

University	Ulm University of Applied Sciences Technische Hochschule Ulm local DE Ulm UAS short 48
Location	Ulm, Germany
Homepage	https://einstein-motorsport.com/
Social Media
CV Team	Einstein Motorsport
Short Link	tid.fsg.one/1147
TIS Status
Event Details	car 44 - active

Team Description

Einstein Motorsport ist das Ulmer Formula Student Team, welches 2006 gegründet wurde. Die Serie an Rennwägen mit Verbrennungsmotor wurde 2019 mit dem AL19 und der Platzierung 22 auf der Weltrangliste abgeschlossen. Seit dem arbeitet das Team an der Entwicklung eines elektrisch-autonomen Fahrzeugs.
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Einstein Motorsport is the Formula Student team from Ulm, Germany, which was founded in 2006. The series of combustion racecars was completed in 2019 with the AL19 and the placement 22 on the world ranking list. Since then, the team has been working on the development of an electric-autonomous vehicle.

This Year's Car

2026

Car #44 AL26

Info

Einstein Motorsport celebrates its 20th anniversary in 2026. Founded in 2006, our team unites passionate students from three universities in the Ulm region, combining expertise from a wide range of disciplines. Building on our greatest success to date: EV Overall Winner and DV Overall Runner-Up at Formula Student France 2025, the AL26 features further in-house developments across vehicle systems. With every generation, we continue our pursuit of performance, innovation and reliability.

Engineering Design Priorities:

Weight Reduction Performance Independence Reliability Simulation Drivability

Car Specifications

General

Frame Construction	CFRP; two piece monocoque
Material	CFRP: UD100, T245; Aramid: AR290; Core: Aluminium Honeycomb
Overall L	2950 mm
Overall W	1506 mm
Overall H	1082 mm
Wheelbase	1535 mm
Track (Fr)	1200 mm
Track (Rr)	1200 mm
Weight with 68kg driver (Fr)	123 kg
Weight with 68kg driver (Rr)	133 kg
Suspension	Double unequal length A-Arm. Push rod actuated horizontally oriented spring and damper
Tyres (Fr / Rr)	16.0x7.5-10 Hoosier R20
Wheels (Fr / Rr)	7.5x10, 50 mm offset, CFRP-Rim / 7.5x10, 50 mm offset, CFRP-Rim
Drive Type	Planetary gearbox, 1.5-staged, 13.72:1
Differential	N/A
Cooling	Two rear mounted 450 cc AKG radiator and 120 mm electric fan
Brake System	4-Disk system, self developed rotors with 196 mm diameter, adjustable brake balance
Electronics	Selfdeveloped Power Distribution System, AMS, CAN-Multifunction Boards, Bosch MS6 VCU

Powertrain

Number of Motors	4
Motor Location	4WD, Wheelhub motors
Max Motor Power (per motor)	32 kW
Motor Type	EMS PMSM
Max Motor RPM (highest)	22500 rpm
Motor Controller	EMS Inverter
Max System Voltage	599 V
Electrode Materials	NCM523+Gr
Combined Accumulator Capacity	7.79 kWh
Transmission Ratio (Primary)	3.43 : 1
Transmission Ratio (Secondary)	4 : 1

Driverless System

Processing unit(s)	Ryzen R9 9955HX, 64 GB RAM
Floating Point Operations Per Second of all processing units that are working for the DV system	4096 GigaFLOPS
Power consumption of all processing units that are working for the DV system	136 W
Camera(s)	-
Radar sensor(s)	N/A
Lidar sensor(s)	1, 120 degrees FOV, up to 300 m range and about 750 000 points in single mode
Other sensors	N/A
Highlights of the DV system	-Lidar Perception with Automatic Ground Detection -FastSLAM with Latency Compensation and fine Tuned Covariances -Path Planner with Brute Force and Cost Function Approach -NLMPC Controller with Integrated Steering Actuator Model -Data Recorder for Data Analysis and Management -Headless Simulator to Simulate Runs in CI/CD -Motion compensation

Past Events

2025

Car #44

Info

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Einstein Motorsport, founded in 2006 at the University of Applied Sciences Ulm, consists of 80 dedicated students. With the AL25, our first 4WD race car, we focus on a simple, reliable concept featuring self-developed in-wheel motors, torque vectoring, and a fully integrated autonomous system for all dynamic disciplines.

Engineering Design Priorities:

#Reliability #Simplicity #Performance #DriverlessOptimization #KnowledgeTransfer #QualityManagement

Car Specifications

General

Frame Construction	CFRP; two piece monocoque
Material	CFRP: UD100, T245; Aramid: AR290; Core: Al Honeycomb
Overall L	2935 mm
Overall W	1500 mm
Overall H	1190 mm
Wheelbase	1535 mm
Track (Fr)	1200 mm
Track (Rr)	1200 mm
Weight with 68kg driver (Fr)	136 kg
Weight with 68kg driver (Rr)	147 kg
Suspension	Double unequal length A-Arm. Push rod actuated horizontally oriented spring and damper
Tyres (Fr / Rr)	FR,RR: 16.0x7,5-10 Hoosier R20
Wheels (Fr / Rr)	7.5x10, 50mm offset, CFRP-Rim / 7.5x10, 50mm offset, CFRP-Rim
Drive Type	1.5-step planetary gearbox - in - wheel
Differential	n/a
Cooling	Rear mounted 700cc Mini radiator and 120mm electric fan
Brake System	4-Disk system, self developed rotors with 196mm diameter, adjustable brake balance
Electronics	Selfdeveloped Power Distribution System, AMS, CAN-Multifunction Boards, Bosch MS6 VCU

Powertrain

Number of Motors	4
Motor Location	FR,FL,RR,RL
Max Motor Power (per motor)	32kW kW
Motor Type	Permanent magnet synchronous motor
Max Motor RPM (highest)	FL,FR,RR,RL: 22500 rpm
Motor Controller	Lenze MOBILE DCU
Max System Voltage	599V V
Electrode Materials	NCM523+Gr
Combined Accumulator Capacity	7.79kWh kWh
Transmission Ratio (Primary)	3,429:1 : 1
Transmission Ratio (Secondary)	4:1 : 1

Driverless System

Processing unit(s)	NVIDIA Jetson AGX Orin 64GB
Floating Point Operations Per Second of all processing units that are working for the DV system	69.00 GigaFLOPS
Power consumption of all processing units that are working for the DV system	55.00 W
Camera(s)	n/a
Radar sensor(s)	n/a
Lidar sensor(s)	1, 120 degrees FOV, up to 300 m range and about 750000 points in single mode
Other sensors	0
Highlights of the DV system	- Lidar Perception with Automatic Ground Detection - FastSLAM with Latency Compensation and fine Tuned Covariances - Path Planner with Brute Force and Cost Function Approach - NLMPC Controller with Integrated Steering Actuator Model - Data Recorder for Data Analysis and Management - Headless Simulator to Simulate Runs in CI/CD

2024

Car #44

Info

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Our team, Einstein Motorsport, was founded at the University of applied sciences in 2006 with initially only a few members. Today, a team of 50 people builds a new electric autonomous race car every year. The main goal of the current vehicle is to develop a robust system to master all dynamic disciplines.

Engineering Design Priorities:

Bulletproof Performance Testing Powertrain Vehicle Dynamics Driver Ergonomics

Car Specifications

General

Frame Construction	CFRP, two pieces monocoque
Material	diffrent types of CFRP as skin layers, aluminium honeycomb as core material
Overall L	2935 mm
Overall W	1504 mm
Overall H	1185 mm
Wheelbase	1535 mm
Track (Fr)	1200 mm
Track (Rr)	1200 mm
Weight with 68kg driver (Fr)	122 kg
Weight with 68kg driver (Rr)	148 kg
Suspension	Sperated Roll/Heave System
Tyres (Fr / Rr)	Hoosier R20 16x7.5-10
Wheels (Fr / Rr)	7x10; 38.1mm offset, 2pc Al
Drive Type	Two Wheelhub motors on the rear axle
Differential	n/a
Cooling	Watercooled motorhousing and inverters with170x140 mm AKG radiator, air cooled battery
Brake System	4 disk system, CFD-optimized rotors, adjustable brake balance by proportional valve
Electronics	Power Distribution System, CAN Multifunction Boards, Dashboard, Dashboard, Accumulator-PCB

Powertrain

Number of Motors	2
Motor Location	Rear axis
Max Motor Power (per motor)	35 KW kW
Motor Type	permanent excited synchronous machine
Max Motor RPM (highest)	22500 rpm
Motor Controller	Lenze MOBILE ECU
Max System Voltage	580 V
Electrode Materials	LiCoO2 Pouch Cells
Combined Accumulator Capacity	7.4 kWh
Transmission Ratio (Primary)	13.77 : 1
Transmission Ratio (Secondary)	n/a : 1

Driverless System

Processing unit(s)	Nvidia Jetson AGX Orin; VCU MS6.2
Floating Point Operations Per Second of all processing units that are working for the DV system	275 GigaFLOPS
Power consumption of all processing units that are working for the DV system	60 W
Camera(s)	n/a
Radar sensor(s)	n/a
Lidar sensor(s)	1. Robosense LiDAR - RS-M1
Other sensors	1 Correvit SF-Motion groundspeedsensor
Highlights of the DV system	Docker with ADE deployment to target PC; LiDAR Only; self developed FastSLAM; new controller, path and trajectory planning

2023

Car #42

Info

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Einstein Motorsport is the Formula Student team from Ulm, Germany, founded in 2006. The series of combustion race cars concluded in 2019 with the AL19 and 22nd place in the world rankings. Since then, the team has been working on its electric-autonomous race car. Last season, the vehicle raced on formula student events for the first time. Now that the first working base exists, the primary focus is on further performance development and issues such as reliability and maintenance.

Engineering Design Priorities:

Reliability Maintainance Testing Validation Performance

Car Specifications

General

Frame Construction	CFRP; two piece monocoque
Material	different types of CFRP as skin layers, aluminium honeycore as core material
Overall L	2460 mm
Overall W	1390 mm
Overall H	1190 mm
Wheelbase	1535 mm
Track (Fr)	1200 mm
Track (Rr)	1200 mm
Weight with 68kg driver (Fr)	128 kg
Weight with 68kg driver (Rr)	139 kg
Suspension	seperated Roll/Heave System
Tyres (Fr / Rr)	Hoosier R20 16x7.5-10
Wheels (Fr / Rr)	7x10; 38.1 mm offset
Drive Type	two wheelhub driven system on rear axle
Differential	n/a
Cooling	watercooled motorhousing and inverters with 170x140 mm AKG radiator, air cooled battery
Brake System	4 disk system, CFD-optimized rotors, adjustable brake balance by proportional valve
Electronics	Power Distribution System, CAN Multifunction Boards, Dashboard, Accumulator-PCB

Powertrain

Number of Motors	2
Motor Location	Rear Right, Rear Left
Max Motor Power (per motor)	35 kW per Motor kW
Motor Type	permanent excited synchronous machine
Max Motor RPM (highest)	22500 rpm
Motor Controller	Lenze MOBILE DCU
Max System Voltage	580 V
Electrode Materials	LiCoO2 Pouch Cells
Combined Accumulator Capacity	7.4 kWh kWh
Transmission Ratio (Primary)	13.8 : 1
Transmission Ratio (Secondary)	n/a : 1

Driverless System

Processing unit(s)	Nvidia Jetson AGX Orin; VCU MS6.2
Floating Point Operations Per Second of all processing units that are working for the DV system	275 GigaFLOPS
Power consumption of all processing units that are working for the DV system	60 W
Camera(s)	2, Stereolabs ZED2i, 25 m, horizontal 72 °, combined 120°
Radar sensor(s)	n/a
Lidar sensor(s)	1, Robosense LiDAR -RS-M1, 25 m, horizontal 120°
Other sensors	1 Correvit SF-motion groundspeedsensor
Highlights of the DV system	Docker with ADE deployment to target PC; new wide range perception; self developed SLAM which is best fitting to own concept

2022

Car #44

Info

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Einstein Motorsport is the Formula Student team from Ulm, Germany, which was founded in 2006. The series of combustion racecars was completed in 2019 with the AL19 and the place22 on the world ranking list. Since then, the team has been working on their electric-autonomous vehicle.

Engineering Design Priorities:

Reliability Testing Validation Torque Control

Car Specifications

General

Frame Construction	Aluminium sandwich panel box structure with tubular steel roll bars
Material	Aluminium honeycomb sandwich panel (10/20/30 mm core thickness; 9 mm diameter; 1.6 mm CFRP sides)
Overall L	2460 mm
Overall W	1390 mm
Overall H	1190 mm
Wheelbase	1535 mm
Track (Fr)	1270 mm
Track (Rr)	1194 mm
Weight with 68kg driver (Fr)	129 kg
Weight with 68kg driver (Rr)	129 kg
Suspension	seperated Roll/Heave System
Tyres (Fr / Rr)	Hoosier R25B 16x7.5-10
Wheels (Fr / Rr)	7x10; 38.1 mm offset
Drive Type	two wheelhub driven system on rear axle
Differential	n/a
Cooling	watercooled motorhousing and inverters with 230x180 mm AKG radiator, air cooled battery
Brake System	4 disk system, CFD-optimized rotors, adjustable brake balance by proportional valve
Electronics	Multifunctional Steering Wheel; Selfdesigned Live-Telemetry System; CAN Multifunctionboard

Powertrain

Number of Motors	2
Motor Location	Rear Right, Rear Left
Max Motor Power (per motor)	35 kW per Motor kW
Motor Type	permanent excited synchronous machine
Max Motor RPM (highest)	21000 rpm
Motor Controller	Lenze MOBILE DCU
Max System Voltage	580 V
Electrode Materials	LiCoO2 Pouch Cells
Combined Accumulator Capacity	7.4 kWh kWh
Transmission Ratio (Primary)	13.8 : 1
Transmission Ratio (Secondary)	n/a : 1

Driverless System

Processing unit(s)	Nvidia Jetson AGX Xavier; VCU MS6.2
Floating Point Operations Per Second of all processing units that are working for the DV system	11000 GigaFLOPS
Power consumption of all processing units that are working for the DV system	75 W
Camera(s)	1, Basler ace 2, 160 fps, FOV horizontal 76° vertical 48°
Radar sensor(s)	n/a
Lidar sensor(s)	1, FOV horizontal 360° vertical 20°, velodyne LiDAR VLP-16 puck high-res
Other sensors	1 Correvit SF-motion groundspeedsensor
Highlights of the DV system	Cone and ground detection with LiDAR sensor; Space-saving steering actuator; cone classification with an innovative neuronal network