BODYWORK & COOLING
Clean bodywork, radiator flow and cooling-duct control take priority in season one. A full aerodynamic package adds manufacturing, setup and validation work beyond the first-year plan.
THE CAR / SEASON 2027
KU-01
OUR FIRST ELECTRIC
FORMULA STUDENT CAR
A single-motor, rear-wheel-drive concept. Developed around the first season’s priority: a safe, reliable car.
Explore the specification
- Development stage
- In concept
- Working architecture
- Steel spaceframe
- Target mass · without driver
- 230–250 kg
DESIGNED FOR
A FIRST SEASON
The working baseline combines a single rear motor, chain transmission and a tubular steel chassis. Manageable manufacturing and validation take priority over a full aerodynamic package.
KU-01 is in concept development. Specifications will evolve through design and testing.
SPECIFICATION
TARGET SPECIFICATIONS
Design targets for KU-01. Further specifications will be confirmed as development progresses.
- Mass
- 230–250 kg target, without driver
- Wheelbase
- TBC
- Front track
- TBC
- Rear track
- TBC
- Power
- TBC
- Drivetrain
- Single rear motor, rear-wheel drive, single-stage chain transmission
- Chassis construction
- AISI 4130 tubular steel spaceframe
- Laminate schedule
- TBC
- Suspension
- Unequal-length double wishbone
- Tyres
- 10-inch wheels, subject to tyre supply and packaging
- Downforce
- TBC
- Brakes
- TBC
- Electronics
- TBC
ENGINEERING
THE VEHICLE SYSTEMS
TUBULAR STEEL SPACEFRAME
An AISI 4130 tubular steel spaceframe is the working baseline for manageable manufacturing and late-change risk. A carbon monocoque is deferred, given its tooling, process-control and evidence demands.
SINGLE-MOTOR REAR-WHEEL DRIVE
A single rear motor, single-stage chain reduction and a proven commercial inverter. Final-drive ratio will be established through lap simulation and tractive-effort modelling.
ELECTRICAL SAFETY & CONTROL
Safe torque command, shutdown logic and thermal logging come before telemetry. Electrical System Form ownership and coordination with the Electrical System Officer are central.
GEOMETRY & VALIDATION
Unequal-length double wishbones, with 10-inch wheels subject to supply and packaging. Kinematic models will be checked against measured setup-pad geometry, not CAD alone.
SUPPORT THE BUILD
Materials, machining, engineering expertise and funding turn a concept into a car.