Team Details
Kaiserslautern Racing Team
| University | Rheinland-Pfälzische Technische Universität Kaiserslautern-Landau
DE Kaiserslautern RPTU short 125 |
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| Location | Kaiserslautern, Germany | |
| Homepage | https://www.karat-racing.de/ | |
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| CV Team | Kaiserslautern Racing Team | |
| DV Team | Kaiserslautern Racing Team - Driverless | |
| Short Link | tid.fsg.one/435 | |
| Event Details | car 64 - waiting | |
Event Profile
Past Events
2023
Info
The Kaiserslautern Racing Team is a collaboration of students from both the RPTU and UAS Kaiserslautern, located in south-western Germany. The Electronyte e23 marks the 11th electric racecar designed by the team. It features all-wheel drive with wheel hub motors and ring gear driven rims, aswell as a roll-heave-suspension. To achieve maximum performance, the design is focused on a compact packaging using a carbon fibre monocoque while still allowing reasonable maintainability of the car.
Engineering Design Priorities:
Future Viability
Availability
Packaging
Weight
Debugging Interfaces
Energy Storage
Car Specifications
General
| Frame Construction | Single piece monocoque, aluminium front hoop, tubular steel main hoop |
|---|---|
| Material | Carbonfibre twill weave and unidirectional preprg, aluminium honeycomb sandwich core |
| Overall Length (mm) | 2908 |
| Overall Width (mm) | 1520 |
| Overall Height (mm) | 1195 |
| Wheelbase (mm) | 1530 |
| Track Front (mm) | 1240 |
| Track Rear (mm) | 1240 |
| Weight Front (kg) | 138 |
| Weight Rear (kg) | 140 |
| Suspension | Double unequal A-arm, pull rod front, push rod rear, roll-heave-suspension |
| Tyres | Hoosier R25B / Hoosier R25B |
| Wheels | 8 |
| Drive Type | 1.5 Step Planetary Gearbox |
| Differential | Electronic torque distribution, torque vectoring |
| Cooling | Two side mounted radiators with thermostatic controlled 125mm, 90W electric fans |
| Brake System | 4-Disk system, self-designed rotors, adjustable brake balance, 4 piston Fr+2 piston Rr |
| Electronics | Self-developed control system for data aqcuisition and processing, IP67 wiring harness |
Powertrain
| Number of Motors | 4 |
|---|---|
| Motor Location | AWD Wheel Hub Motors |
| Max Motor Power | 35,4kW |
| Motor Type | Fischer TI085-052-070 |
| Max Motor RPM | 20000 |
| Motor Controller | Lenze-Schmidhauser MOBILE DCU |
| Max System Voltage (V) | 600V |
| Electrode Materials | LiCoO2 |
| Accumulator Capacity | 7.033kWh |
| Transmission Ratio Primary | 1:11.5 |
| Transmission Ratio Secondary | n/a |
Driverless System
| Processing Units | NVIDIA Jetson AGX Orin, STM32G4 |
|---|---|
| Processing Units FLOPS | 5300 FP32 |
| Processing Units Power (W) | 60 |
| Cameras | Matrix Vision mvBlueFOX3-2024C-1112 |
| Radar Sensors | Speed Wedge MKII |
| LiDAR Sensors | Ouster OS1-64 Below horizon |
| Other Sensors | SBG Ellipse N IMU, Two u-blox ZED F9P GNSS Receivers |
| DV System Highlights | A single Jetson ECU is used to handle all autonomous and manual missions. Our customized Linux kernel runs a real time ROS2 Humble environment which processes sensor data from our differential GNSS, stereo vision cameras, a 64 layer below horizon LiDAR and multiple IMUs. A Gazebo Garden simulation evaluates pipeline performance. |
2018
Info
The Kaiserslautern Racing Team is a collaboration of 35 active members from both the TU and UAS Kaiserslautern, located in south-western Germany. The Electronyte e18 marks the 7th electric car built by the team. It features independently driven rear wheels, a lightweight carbon fibre monocoque and 10" pullrod suspension. The design focus is on reliability and compact packaging to achieve maximum performance in the dynamic events.
Engineering Design Priorities:
Reliability
Maintainability
Manufacturing
Packaging
Weight
Testing
Car Specifications
General
| Frame Construction | Single piece monocoque, tubular steel roll bars |
|---|---|
| Material | Carbonfibre twill weave and unidirectional prepreg, Aluminium honeycomb sandwich core |
| Overall Length (mm) | 2784 |
| Overall Width (mm) | 1360 |
| Overall Height (mm) | 1087 |
| Wheelbase (mm) | 1530 |
| Track Front (mm) | 1150 |
| Track Rear (mm) | 1100 |
| Weight Front (kg) | 113 |
| Weight Rear (kg) | 138 |
| Suspension | Double unequal length A-Arm. Pullrod actuated horizontally oriented spring and damper |
| Tyres | 18.0x6.0-10 Hoosier R25B / 18.0x6.0-10 Hoosier R25B |
| Wheels | 7x10, 00mm offset, CFRP shell+AL center |
| Drive Type | Single-stage spur gear |
| Differential | Electronic torque distribution, torque vectoring |
| Cooling | Watercooled motors and motor-controllers, sidepod-mounted dual radiators |
| Brake System | 4-Disk system, self-designed rotors, adjustable brake balance, 4 piston Fr+2 piston Rr |
| Electronics | self-developed control system for data aqcuisition and processing |
Powertrain
| Number of Motors | 2 |
|---|---|
| Motor Location | Rear Left and Right |
| Max Motor Power | 2x 40kW |
| Motor Type | KaRaT/VSM AFW507D |
| Max Motor RPM | 7500 |
| Motor Controller | Unitek Bamocar D3-700 |
| Max System Voltage (V) | 403, |
| Electrode Materials | LiCoO2 |
| Accumulator Capacity | 7,03kWh |
| Transmission Ratio Primary | 1:4,9 |
| Transmission Ratio Secondary | N/A |
2017
Info
The Kaiserslautern Racing Team is a collaboration of 45 active members from both the TU and UAS Kaiserslautern, located in south-western Germany. The Electronyte e17 marks the 10th anniversary of KaRaT, continuing a design philosophy started in 2014: It features independently driven rear wheels, a carbon fibre monocoque and 10" pullrod suspension. The design focus is on reliability and compact packaging to achieve maximum performance in the dynamic events.
Engineering Design Priorities:
Reliability
Manufacturing
Serviceability
Packaging
Weight
Testing
Car Specifications
General
| Frame Construction | Single piece monocoque, tubular steel roll bars |
|---|---|
| Material | Carbonfibre twill weave and unidirectional prepreg, Aluminium honeycomb sandwich core |
| Overall Length (mm) | 2784 |
| Overall Width (mm) | 1360 |
| Overall Height (mm) | 1087 |
| Wheelbase (mm) | 1530 |
| Track Front (mm) | 1150 |
| Track Rear (mm) | 1100 |
| Weight Front (kg) | 123 |
| Weight Rear (kg) | 139 |
| Suspension | Double unequal length A-Arm. Pullrod actuated horizontally oriented spring and damper (c |
| Tyres | 18.0x6.0-10 Hoosier R25B / 18.0x6.0-10 Hoosier R25B |
| Wheels | 7x10, 00mm offset, CFRP shell+AL center |
| Drive Type | Single-stage spur gear |
| Differential | Electronic torque distribution, torque vectoring |
| Cooling | Watercooled motors and motor-controllers, sidepod-mounted dual radiators |
| Brake System | 4-Disk system, self-designed rotors, adjustable brake balance, 4 piston Fr+2 piston Rr |
| Electronics | self-developed control system for data aqcuisition and processing |
Powertrain
| Number of Motors | 2 |
|---|---|
| Motor Location | Rear Left and Right |
| Max Motor Power | 2x 40kW |
| Motor Type | VUES AFW507D mod. |
| Max Motor RPM | 7500 |
| Motor Controller | Unitek Bamocar D3-700 |
| Max System Voltage (V) | 403V |
| Electrode Materials | LiCoO2 |
| Accumulator Capacity | 7,03kWh |
| Transmission Ratio Primary | 1:4,9 |
| Transmission Ratio Secondary | N/A |
2016
Info
The Kaiserslautern Racing Team is a collaboration of 35 active members from both the TU and UAS Kaiserslautern, located in south-western Germany.The Electronyte e16 is the fifth electric car designed and built by KaRaT, continuing a design philosophy started in 2014: It features independently driven rear wheels, a carbon fibre monocoque and 10" pullrod suspension. The design focus is on reliability and compact packaging to achieve maximum performance in the dynamic events.
Engineering Design Priorities:
Reliability
Manufacturing
Serviceability
Packaging
Weight
Testing
Car Specifications
General
| Frame Construction | Single piece monocoque, tubular steel roll bars |
|---|---|
| Material | Carbonfibre twill weave and unidirectional prepreg, Aluminium honeycomb sandwich core |
| Overall Length (mm) | 2826 |
| Overall Width (mm) | 1334 |
| Overall Height (mm) | 1140 |
| Wheelbase (mm) | 1530 |
| Track Front (mm) | 1150 |
| Track Rear (mm) | 1100 |
| Weight Front (kg) | 123 |
| Weight Rear (kg) | 144 |
| Suspension | Double unequal length A-Arm. Pullrod actuated horizontally oriented spring and damper (coil-over). |
| Tyres | 18.0x6.0-10 Hoosier R25B / 18.0x6.0-10 Hoosier R25B |
| Wheels | 7x10, 00mm offset, CFRP shell+AL center |
| Drive Type | Single-stage spur gear |
| Differential | Electronic torque distribution, torque vectoring available |
| Cooling | Watercooled motors and motor-controllers, sidepod-mounted dual radiators |
| Brake System | 4-Disk system, self-designed rotors, adjustable brake balance, 4 piston front+2 piston rear calipers |
| Electronics | self-developed control system for data aqcuisition and processing |
Powertrain
| Number of Motors | 2 |
|---|---|
| Motor Location | Rear Left and Right |
| Max Motor Power | 2x 40kW |
| Motor Type | VUES AFW507D mod. |
| Max Motor RPM | 7500 |
| Motor Controller | Unitek Bamocar D3-700 |
| Max System Voltage (V) | 403V |
| Electrode Materials | LiCoO2 |
| Accumulator Capacity | 7.8kWh |
| Transmission Ratio Primary | 1:4.9 |
| Transmission Ratio Secondary | N/A |
2015
Info
The Kaiserslautern Racing Team was founded by students of the technical university of kaiserslautern and the university of applied science of kaiserslautern in 2007. This year we focused on building a more stable electrical system without gaining to much extra weight. The Electronyte e15 has got an aerodynamic kit comprising front and rear wings. It is driven by two self-designed rotary current synchronous motors placed in the back of our carbon fiber monocoque.
Car Specifications
General
| Frame Construction | Full Monocoque and external Accumulator Container, Hoops made of steel |
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| Material | CFRP with 20 and 10 mm thick aramid honeycomb as core material |
| Overall Length (mm) | 2714 |
| Overall Width (mm) | 1150 |
| Overall Height (mm) | 1167 |
| Wheelbase (mm) | 1530 |
| Track Front (mm) | 1150 |
| Track Rear (mm) | 1100 |
| Weight Front (kg) | 107 |
| Weight Rear (kg) | 151 |
| Suspension | Double unequal length A-Arm. Pullrod actuated, horizontally oriented spring and damper |
| Tyres | Hoosier / 18.0 x 6.0-10 / R25B |
| Wheels | Hoosier / 18.0 x 6.0-10 / R25B |
| Drive Type | onestage spur gear |
| Differential | torque vectoring |
| Cooling | water based coolant system, one radiator each side above rear suspension, no fan |
| Brake System | self developed rotors with 196/180mm, adjustable brake balance |
| Electronics | 12 LED (error/status) and two buttons dash mounted. Two bottons for Push-to-Pass and Launch Control |
Powertrain
| Number of Motors | 2 |
|---|---|
| Motor Location | Rear internal |
| Max Motor Power | 80.04 kW |
| Motor Type | KaRaT/VSM Antriebstechnik AFW507D |
| Max Motor RPM | 7500 1/min |
| Motor Controller | Infineon - Infineon Hybrid Kit 1 Pi |
| Max System Voltage (V) | 360V |
| Electrode Materials | LiCO2 |
| Accumulator Capacity | 7.2 kWh |
| Transmission Ratio Primary | 1:4.9 |
| Transmission Ratio Secondary | N/A |
2014
Info
The Kaiserslautern Racing Team consists of 34 students from the TU and UAS Kaiserslautern. This year we built our third electric car. It has a carbon-fibre monocoque and is driven by two self-designed electric motors on the rear axle. Our latest innovation is an aero-kit composed of rear wing, front wing and a diffuser. In comparison to last years car we could reduce the weight at 40 kilograms to a total empty weight of 185kg.
Engineering Design Priorities:
Leidenschaft
KaRaT
Monocoque
Aero
Kaiserslautern
E64
Car Specifications
General
| Frame Construction | monocoque with integrated rear and external accumulator container, tubular steel roll bars |
|---|---|
| Material | CFRP with aramid honeycomb as core material |
| Overall Length (mm) | 2884 |
| Overall Width (mm) | 1350 |
| Overall Height (mm) | 1266 |
| Wheelbase (mm) | 1530 |
| Track Front (mm) | 1150 |
| Track Rear (mm) | 1050 |
| Weight Front (kg) | 113 |
| Weight Rear (kg) | 140 |
| Suspension | double wishbone suspension, unequal A-Arms with pullrods |
| Tyres | 18.0 x 6.0-10 / R25B / Hoosier |
| Wheels | Selfmade 10x7 |
| Drive Type | Internal spur gear drive, single stage |
| Differential | electronic torque vectoring |
| Cooling | water cooling, radiator below rear wing |
| Brake System | Self-designed brake-disks, brake balance adjustable from cockpit |
Powertrain
| Number of Motors | 2 |
|---|---|
| Motor Location | both rear |
| Max Motor Power | 45 kW |
| Motor Type | VUES AFW507E PESM inrunner |
| Max Motor RPM | 7500 |
| Motor Controller | Infineon Hybrid Kit 1 Pin-Fin |
| Max System Voltage (V) | 450 |
| Electrode Materials | LiPo |
| Accumulator Capacity | 6.63 |
| Transmission Ratio Primary | 1:-5.33 |
| Transmission Ratio Secondary | N/A |
2013
Info
The Kaiserslautern Racing Team was founded in 2007 as the team of the Technical University. In 2008 we started with the first first-year car with monocoque at the Formula Student competitions. Since the beginning of 2010 we are also officially working together with the UAS Kaiserslautern. After building four combustion cars we developed our first electric car for last year's competition on basis of the slightly adapted combustion chassis. This year we made a huge step and designed a completely new monocoque and kinematics to be able to deal with the specific problems of an electrically driven car better. The accumulator concept got a little more progressiv and was also completely manufactured by ourselves this year. Our concept furthermore includes several improvements in the two motors that drive the rear wheels as well as in the inverters controlling them and that have been programmed to realize an electric differential.
Car Specifications
General
| Frame Construction | one piece monocoque with integrated rear and accumulator container as frame element |
|---|---|
| Material | monocoque made by carbon fibre prepregs and foam core, Impact Attenuator made by aluminium-honeycomb |
| Overall Length (mm) | 2500 |
| Overall Width (mm) | 1335 |
| Overall Height (mm) | 1135 |
| Wheelbase (mm) | 1525 |
| Track Front (mm) | 1150 |
| Track Rear (mm) | 1050 |
| Weight Front (kg) | 132 |
| Weight Rear (kg) | 161 |
| Suspension | Double unequal length A-Arm, Pull rod front and rear, Mountain bike dampers |
| Tyres | 18.0x6.0-10 R25B Hoosier |
| Wheels | Keizer CL 10 |
| Drive Type | single stage spur gear |
| Differential | electronic: one motor per each rear wheel |
| Cooling | Two mini radiators air cooled with 120mm fans on top of the power electronics tunnel |
| Brake System | 4-Disk system, self developed rotors with diameter 200mm front/ 180mm rear, adjustable brake balance |
| Electronics | selfdesigned dashboard with color LCD, UI at steering wheel and live telemetry system |
Powertrain
| Number of Motors | 2 |
|---|---|
| Motor Location | Rear Right, Rear Left |
| Max Motor Power | 28,9kW, 28,9kW |
| Motor Type | RR, RL: Vues AFW 507G |
| Max Motor RPM | 7500 |
| Motor Controller | 2x UniTek BamocarD3 |
| Max System Voltage (V) | 563V |
| Electrode Materials | Lithium Polymer |
| Accumulator Capacity | 6.8 kWh |
| Transmission Ratio Primary | 4:1 |
| Transmission Ratio Secondary | - |
2012
Info
The Kaiserslautern Racing Team was founded in 2007 as the team of the Technical University. Since the beginning of 2010 we are also officially working together with the UAS Kaiserslautern. After building four combustion cars we now develop our first electric car for this year's competition. Our concept uses two motors that drive the rear wheels which are controlled by inverters that have been programmed to realize an electric differential.
Car Specifications
General
| Frame Construction | One piece monocoque |
|---|---|
| Material | CFRP prepregs, foam Rohacell 51 IG - F |
| Overall Length (mm) | 2338 |
| Overall Width (mm) | 1476 |
| Overall Height (mm) | 1404 |
| Wheelbase (mm) | 1600 |
| Track Front (mm) | 1200 |
| Track Rear (mm) | 1150 |
| Weight Front (kg) | 152 |
| Weight Rear (kg) | 228 |
| Suspension | Double unequal length A-Arm. Pull rod actuated horizontally oriented spring and damper |
| Tyres | 20.0x7-13 Avon / 20.0x7-13 Avon |
| Wheels | 7x13, ET 15, Aluminium / 7x13, ET 22, Aluminium |
| Drive Type | Gear drive |
| Differential | Electronic differential programmed in inverter control software |
| Cooling | liquid cooled motors, air cooled inverters |
| Brake System | high temp. Res. Steel., 220 mm outer dia., 172 mm inner dia., hub mounted |
| Electronics | selfdesigned telemetry system |
Powertrain
| Number of Motors | 2 |
|---|---|
| Motor Location | Rear |
| Max Motor Power | 39 kW each |
| Motor Type | VUES AFW509G |
| Max Motor RPM | 7.500 both |
| Motor Controller | Stöber SDS 5450A |
| Max System Voltage (V) | 510V |
| Electrode Materials | LiFePO4 |
| Accumulator Capacity | 7kWh |
| Transmission Ratio Primary | 1:5 |
| Transmission Ratio Secondary | none |
FS past achievements due to World Ranking Data Base
| Date | Event | Teams | Rank | BP | CM | ED | SP | DV SP | AC | DV AC | AX | EN | EF | Pe | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023.08 | 70 |
68. |
65. |
61. |
70. |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
-10.00 |
93.47 |
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| 2022.09 | 38 |
26. |
11. |
7. |
30. |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
0.00 |
226.60 |
|
| 2021.07 | 27 |
25. |
- |
4. |
23. |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
-46.00 |
99.50 |
|
| 2019.08 | 39 |
11. |
29. |
2. |
29. |
10. |
- |
22. |
- |
18. |
10. |
1. |
0.00 |
488.90 |
|
| 2019.07 | 20 |
9. |
9. |
6. |
13. |
3. |
- |
10. |
- |
12. |
- |
- |
0.00 |
336.83 |
|
| 2019.07 | 21 |
13. |
10. |
3. |
12. |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
0.00 |
240.50 |
|
| 2018.08 | 38 |
14. |
21. |
1. |
22. |
21. |
- |
19. |
- |
20. |
12. |
2. |
0.00 |
499.60 |
|
| 2018.08 | 39 |
23. |
13. |
13. |
18. |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
-10.00 |
210.32 |
|
| 2017.08 | 30 |
24. |
3. |
6. |
26. |
- |
- |
- |
- |
21. |
- |
- |
0.00 |
230.50 |
|
| 2017.08 | 34 |
11. |
26. |
18. |
15. |
16. |
- |
15. |
- |
17. |
10. |
1. |
-5.00 |
422.05 |
|
| 2016.08 | 29 |
21. |
24. |
21. |
21. |
14. |
- |
14. |
- |
19. |
- |
- |
0.00 |
271.60 |
|
| 2016.08 | 37 |
36. |
37. |
31. |
25. |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
-35.00 |
110.26 |
|
| 2015.08 | 30 |
22. |
18. |
14. |
15. |
20. |
- |
20. |
- |
14. |
- |
- |
0.00 |
214.66 |
|
| 2015.08 | 39 |
35. |
33. |
34. |
23. |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
-35.00 |
115.54 |
|
| 2014.08 | 23 |
18. |
16. |
8. |
13. |
- |
- |
- |
- |
14. |
- |
- |
0.00 |
231.20 |
|
| 2014.08 | 39 |
30. |
30. |
15. |
16. |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
0.00 |
206.79 |
|
| 2013.09 | 16 |
14. |
8. |
7. |
12. |
11. |
- |
11. |
- |
- |
- |
- |
0.00 |
298.90 |
|
| 2013.08 | 40 |
30. |
22. |
22. |
28. |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
0.00 |
196.00 |
|
| 2012.08 | 32 |
23. |
8. |
15. |
24. |
20. |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
-5.00 |
232.46 |
|
| 2012.07 | 37 |
31. |
32. |
35. |
32. |
- |
- |
- |
- |
26. |
- |
4. |
0.00 |
181.40 |
|
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