Team Details

As of 2022, this class has been integrated into the other two classes.

Chalmers Formula Student Driverless

University Chalmers University of Technology
SE Göteborg TU Chalmers short 120
LocationGöteborg, Sweden
Homepagehttps://www.chalmersformulastudent.se/
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Past Events

Car 480 – 2018
2018
Car #480
Info
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It is the first year for Chalmers Formula Student Driverless and we present a reliable autonomous race car based on the 2017 electric car. The team consists of 15 second year master students: 7 members from last years electric team together with 8 new members with diversified background in both hardware and software engineering. The software platform for this car is a unique platform for Chalmers and all of the software used in the car is self-developed by the team during the past year.
Engineering Design Priorities:
CFSD Chalmers AutonomousRacing OpenDLV DriverlessRaceCar OurCarWillBeGreat
Car Specifications
General
Frame Construction CFRP single piece monocoque with Al honeycomb core and integrated front hoop
Material CFRP pre-pregs and Al honeycomb (1/2 and 1 inch) sandwich panels
Overall L 2891 mm
Overall W 1465 mm
Overall H 1183 mm
Wheelbase 1530 mm
Track (Fr) 1250 mm
Track (Rr) 1200 mm
Weight with 68kg driver (Fr) 78 kg
Weight with 68kg driver (Rr) 138 kg
Suspension Double unequal length A-Arm. Pull rod actuated spring and damper
Tyres (Fr / Rr) Hoosier R25B 18x10x6
Wheels (Fr / Rr) 10x6 CFRP Custom made rims, +4.7mm offset / 10x6 CFRP Custom made rims, +4.7mm offset
Drive Type Compound Planetary Gearbox
Differential n/a
Cooling Water cooled with 2 side-mounted radiators in sidepods with 150mm electric fans
Brake System Toolex 33 steel, Floating 195x4(fr) 186x4(rr) rotors, 4(fr) & 2(rr) piston calipers
Electronics Live-Telemetry, Datalogger, Nodes, BMS and Torque Vectoring; all self-developed
Powertrain
Number of Motors 2
Motor Location Rear Right, Rear Left
Max Motor Power (per motor) 40kW, 40kW kW
Motor Type Custom made PMSM from AROS Electronics AB
Max Motor RPM (highest) RR, RL: 20000 rpm
Motor Controller IGBT based 3 phase inverter
Max System Voltage 580V V
Electrode Materials LiCoO2
Combined Accumulator Capacity 7,66kWh kWh
Transmission Ratio (Primary) 16:1 : 1
Transmission Ratio (Secondary) n/a : 1
Driverless System
Processing unit(s) AMD Ryzen 7 1700, Beaglebone Black, STM32
Floating Point Operations Per Second of all processing units that are working for the DV system 42 GigaFLOPS
Power consumption of all processing units that are working for the DV system 255 W
Camera(s) Stereolabs ZED camera
Radar sensor(s) n/a
Lidar sensor(s) Velodyne Puck VLP-16, mounted on the front wing
Other sensors SBG Ellipse-2N Inertial Navigation System
Highlights of the DV system Perception combines LiDAR and Camera using cone positions provided by the LiDAR to define Regions of Interest for a CNN. Steering is controlled by a velocity dependent aimpoint considering the number of cones seen and velocity is dependent on road curvature. The unique OpenDLV framework is used to realize the software as a suite of microservices.

FS past achievements due to World Ranking Data Base

Date Event Teams Rank BP CM ED DV SP DV AC AX EN EF Pe Total Engine
2025.08
FS DE DV
42
1.
-
-
4.
3.
4.
2.
3.
-
0.00
549.96
2025.08
FS CZ DV
24
2.
-
-
10.
3.
3.
3.
1.
-
0.00
843.10
2024.08
FS DE DV
27
2.
-
-
15.
6.
4.
3.
2.
-
0.00
497.27
2024.08
FS East DV
13
3.
11.
12.
8.
5.
4.
1.
1.
-
0.00
838.05
2023.08
FS DE DV
30
1.
-
-
18.
2.
-
-
1.
-
0.00
362.17
2023.08
FS East DV
22
7.
14.
17.
8.
1.
-
6.
-
-
0.00
465.43
2022.08
FS East DV
22
7.
14.
16.
11.
-
4.
6.
4.
-
0.00
508.05
2018.08
FS DE DV
17
11.
13.
16.
11.
5.
-
-
-
-
0.00
218.73
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