University of Leicester

The University of Leicester Racing Team are a team of over 20 students from all years of undergraduate study and from multiple disciplines, including mechanical engineering, physics and economics. Their mission is to be among the first British EV teams to pass scrutineering at FSUK.

UOLR-16 employs the lessons learnt from the previous year’s vehicle to help form an improved design methodology for the team’s second offering. Emphasis was placed on improving the integration and packaging of electrical components as well as the safety of the prototype in general. 3D printing technology was utilised to rapidly prototype (suspension) design concepts, thus optimising our designs and improving safety.

UOLR-16 is also our first car to incorporate lightweight carbon fibre bodywork, floor and diffuser. UoLRacing would like to thank: the University of Leicester; all of our partners and all those who contributed to help us raise £3000 worth of crowd funding, without whom this project would not be possible.