Revolve NTNU is
Norwegian University of Science and Technology's team for Europe's
Formula Student
Formula Student is a student engineering competition held annually in the UK. Student teams from around the world design, build, test, and race a small-scale formula style racing car. The cars are judged on a number of criteria as listed below ...
motorsport competition. Established in 2010 and with their first car completed in 2012, when they were the first Norwegian team to participate at the Formula Student competition, the team has expanded to 80 students from different
engineering
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disciplines at the university. They built Norway's first electric race car and Scandinavia's first four-wheel-drive electric race car.
History
2010–2012
The team was established in 2010, when it had eleven members, and first competed with a car named KA Borealis R at the 2012 Formula Student Competition, held at the British
Silverstone formula racing
Formula racing (known as open-wheel racing in North America) is any of several forms of open-wheeled single-seater motorsport. The origin of the term lies in the nomenclature that was adopted by the FIA for all of its post-World War II single ...
track. They were the first Norwegian team to enter, and won the newcomers' prize.
2013
The team's 2013 car, KA Aquilo R, placed 16th at Silverstone and won the National Instruments Measurement & Control Award.
[Camilla Kilnes]
"Denne elbilen skal bli raskere enn en Ferrari: NTNU-studenter skal bygge Norges første elektriske racerbil"
''Adresseavisen'', 24 October 2013.
2014
For 2014 Revolve NTNU built Norway's first electric race car,
[Marius Valle]
"Se den norske el-racerbilen suse opp Trollstigen"
''Teknisk Ukeblad'' (NTNU), 2 February 2017 (with video, English captions). KOG Arctos R. which placed 8th in the electric race car division.[Rune Nedrebø]
"Bygger racer-elbil for student VM"
''Stavanger Aftenblad'', 4 May 2015, updated 5 May 2015.
2015
The 2015 car, Vilje, the team's second electric car,[ placed 26th at Silverstone after a last-minute replacement of the motor with one hand carried from a manufacturer in Slovenia, and then 4th at Formula Student Austria and 6th in the Vienna e-Challenge.
In fall 2015 the race car building program became an official subject of study at the university; it was the basis of eleven master's theses in progress,]["Revolve-bilen skal filmes i Trollstigen"]
''Universitetsavisa.no'', 3 October 2016. , seven.[Roald Ramsdal]
"Studentene har redusert vekten på racerbilen med åtte kilo – og barberer enda mer av 0-100-tiden"
''Teknisk Ukeblad'' (NTNU), 28 April 2017.
2016
The 2016 car, Gnist, was Scandinavia's first four-wheel-drive electric race car.[
]
2017
The 2017 car, Eld,[ was converted for driverless operation.][Aagot Opheim]
"NTNU-studenter på verdenstoppen i racerbilkonkurranse"
''Adresseavisen'', 17 August 2018, updated 20 August 2018.
2018
In 2018 both Eld and Revolve NTNU's newest car with driver, Atmos, competed in Formula Student Germany, where Atmos placed second in the electric division.[
]
2019
In 2019 the team's car, Nova, placed second in the electric car division at Formula Student Austria.
Sponsors
Kongsberg Automotive ASA was the project's first major sponsor.[ Revolve NTNU also has a partnership with ]Petter Solberg
Petter Solberg (born 18 November 1974) is a Norwegian former professional rally and rallycross driver.
Solberg debuted in the World Rally Championship in 1998 and was signed by the Ford factory team in 1999. The following year, Solberg started ...
and Petter Solberg Engineering since November 2011. Bertel O. Steen became a major sponsor in 2017. Other sponsors include Arrow and Midt-Norge Autolakk.[Sigrid Skjølsvold]
"Prestisjefylt prosjekt med Revolve NTNU"
''Trollheimsporten.no'', 6 April 2016.
References
External links
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Revolve NTNU official website
{{Sport in Trondheim
Formula SAE
Motorsport in Norway
Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Sport in Trondheim
Student sports organizations
University and college sports clubs in Norway
2010 establishments in Norway
Auto racing teams established in 2010