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URE18

Murphy

Achievements

FS Netherlands 2024

Overall 10/32 - TT circuit Assen

 - 3rd place Skidpad

 - 3rd place Cost & Manufacturing

FS Germany 2024

Overall 28/79 EV - Hockenheim ring

Overall 14/26 DC

 - 6th place EV skidpad

The URE18 is the third evolution for the 600V, flip-of-a-switch driverless concept. The car features various small enhancements compared to its predecessor, the URE17. With the main focus on increasing the reliability and testing time before competition. The car was finished the earliest in URE history, driving its first meters at the 18th of April, marking the start of a 3 month long testing phase before the first competition.

Technical Specifications

General

Weight

Length

Width

Height

0-100 time

Aerodynamics

Downforce

Dragforce

Drag Reduction

Chassis

Dual-piece carbon fiber monocoque

In-house laminated using pre-impregnated carbon fibers

Electronics

21-way digital fusebox, settable via CAN

Live Telemetry via WiFi

Smart Display in the steering wheel

Custom 2x live telemetry dashboard

Control Software

Torque Vectoring

Vehicle state estimator 

State of charge estimation

Power limit controller

Wheel speed controller

Traction control

 

70kg at 60km/h

26kg at 60km/h

System on rear wing

219kg

2988mm

1425mm

1200mm

2.1s

4x Fischer

2x Lenze Mobile DCU 60/60

140kW/80kW (competition limited)

4 x 29.1Nm

7.0kWh

600V

14.06:1 compounded planetary gear set

Powertrain

Motor

Motor controller 

Max power 

Max torque 

Battery capacity 

Battery voltage

Final drive

Suspension

Front 

Rear

ARS

Dampers

Tires

Trackwidth 

Wheelbase  

Braking 

 

Autonomous Systems

Driverless ECU

LiDAR Sensor

Camera Sensor

Cone detection

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Localisation & mapping

Path planning

Path tracking

Steering cotrol

Velocity control

Multilink suspension

Multilink suspension

Rear anti-roll bar with flex blades

KW 3-way adjustable FS dampers

205/50R10 custom Vredestein R&D

1220/1220mm (F/R)

1535mm

AP racing calipers with custom brake disc

Nvidia Jetson Orin AGX

Ouster OS1-128 Rev 7

NileCAM81_CUOAGX

Custom algorithms for cone detection & color matching

 

FastSLAM 2.0

Cubic spline, custom modes per event

Control based on bicycle model

Dual-Loop on position and velocity level

Proportional control and feedforward

Team Members

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