Revolve NTNU

Revolve NTNU is Norwegian University of Science and Technology's team for Europe's Formula Student 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 disciplines at the university. They built Norway's first electric race car and Scandinavia's first four-wheel-drive electric race car.

Revolve NTNU
Typenon-profit
Founded2010
HeadquartersNTNU Trondheim Norway
Productsrace car
Members81
Websiterevolve.no

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 track.[1][2][3][4] They were the first Norwegian team to enter,[5] and won the newcomers' prize.[6]

2013

The team's 2013 car, KA Aquilo R, placed 16th at Silverstone and won the National Instruments Measurement & Control Award.[7]

2014

For 2014 Revolve NTNU built Norway's first electric race car,[7][8] KOG Arctos R.[9] which placed 8th in the electric race car division.[10]

2015

The 2015 car, Vilje, the team's second electric car,[10][11] 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[12] and 6th in the Vienna e-Challenge.[13]

In fall 2015 the race car building program became an official subject of study at the university;[14] as of October 2016 it was the basis of eleven master's theses in progress,[15] as of July 2017, seven.[16]

2016

The 2016 car, Gnist, was Scandinavia's first four-wheel-drive electric race car.[8][17][18]

2017

The 2017 car, Eld,[16] was converted for driverless operation.[19]

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.[19][20]

2019

In 2019 the team's car, Nova, placed second in the electric car division at Formula Student Austria.[21]

Sponsors

Kongsberg Automotive ASA was the project's first major sponsor.[7] Revolve NTNU also has a partnership with Petter Solberg and Petter Solberg Engineering since November 2011.[22][23][24][25] Bertel O. Steen became a major sponsor in 2017.[26] Other sponsors include Arrow[27] and Midt-Norge Autolakk.[28]

Drone program

In 2016 an autonomous drone program, Ascend NTNU, was spun off from the racing car program.[29]

References
  1. Sved, Børge (3 November 2010). "Studenter skal bygge racerbil på NTNU". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 4 November 2010.
  2. Sved, Børge (13 April 2011). "Dette skal bli en racerbil". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 16 April 2011.
  3. Hansen, Stien (2 January 2011). "Fra null til 100 på 3,7 sekunder - Studentbilen Revolve vil bli raskest i verden". Studenttorget.no (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 25 December 2011.
  4. Merakerås, Guro Kulset (2 August 2012). "'Who are these guys?'". Universitetsavisa.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 3 February 2020.
  5. Olsen, Stein Jarle (11 February 2011). "NTNU-studenter skal bygge superbil". Teknisk Ukeblad (NTNU) (in Norwegian).
  6. Sundlisæter, Tale (19 March 2013). "NTNU-studenter bygger racerbil med vinger". Teknisk Ukeblad (NTNU) (in Norwegian).
  7. Camilla Kilnes, "Denne elbilen skal bli raskere enn en Ferrari: NTNU-studenter skal bygge Norges første elektriske racerbil", Adresseavisen, 24 October 2013.
  8. Marius Valle, "Se den norske el-racerbilen suse opp Trollstigen", Teknisk Ukeblad (NTNU), 2 February 2017 (with video, English captions).
  9. Trym Mogen, "Denne bilen er elektrisk, laget av norske studenter og kjører fletta av Tesla: Norges første elektriske racingbil", Dagbladet, 13 May 2014.
  10. Rune Nedrebø, "Bygger racer-elbil for student VM", Stavanger Aftenblad, 4 May 2015, updated 5 May 2015.
  11. Eirik Hildal, "El-racerbil: 0–100 km/t på 2,8 sek!", NRK Sogn og Fjordane, 1 May 2015.
  12. Camilla Kilnes, "Her bryter NTNU-studentene ut i full jubel i Østerrike", Adresseavisen, 23 August 2015.
  13. Linda Haugen, "Se NTNU-studentenes lynraske seier i Wien", Adresseavisen, 31 October 2015.
  14. Kristoffer Furberg, "Racerbilbygging blir NTNU-fag", Universitetsavisa.no, 29 April 2015, updated 30 January 2019.
  15. "Revolve-bilen skal filmes i Trollstigen", Universitetsavisa.no, 3 October 2016.
  16. 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.
  17. Ina Andersen, "Studenter laget Nordens første elracerbil med firehjulsdrift", Teknisk Ukeblad (NTNU), 3 May 2016.
  18. "Bygde Nordens første firhjulsdrevne elracerbil", Tronderbladet, 13 May 2016.
  19. Aagot Opheim, "NTNU-studenter på verdenstoppen i racerbilkonkurranse", Adresseavisen, 17 August 2018, updated 20 August 2018.
  20. Ina Andersen, "NTNU-studentenes elektriske racerbil gjør 0 til 100 på 2,2 sekunder. Kapret internasjonal pallplass", Teknisk Ukeblad (NTNU), 17 August 2018.
  21. "E-Overall Results", Formula Student Austria, 2019.
  22. "Petter Solberg og Revolve NTNU bygger cross-kart", pettersolberg.com, 29 November 2011, archived on 11 January 2012.
  23. Preben Berg, "Petter Solberg Engineering og Revolve NTNU med spennende prosjekt", norsk-rally.com, 29 November 2011.
  24. Børge Sved, "Skal hjelpe studenter med å bygge racerbil", Adresseavisen, 7 December 2011, updated 14 February 2012, archived on 27 May 2012.
  25. Stine Strander, "Solberg skrev kontrakt med NTNU", P4 News, 7 December 2011.
  26. "Bertel O. Steen forlenger samarbeidet med Revolve NTNU", Bodøposten, 14 October 2019.
  27. David Manners, "Arrow backs student Formula-E teams", Electronics Weekly, 9 June 2017.
  28. Sigrid Skjølsvold, "Prestisjefylt prosjekt med Revolve NTNU", Trollheimsporten.no, 6 April 2016.
  29. Per Erlien Dalløkken, "NTNU går løs på en 'umulig' droneoppgave", Teknisk Ukeblad (NTNU), 24 May 2016.
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