José Luis Sanz pledges to support ARUS Andalucía Racing Team after learning about its history and future projects

The Mayor of Seville, José Luis Sanz Ruiz , visited the Higher Technical School of Engineering at the University of Seville today to meet the ARUS Andalucía Racing Team Formula Student competition .

The mayor was received by Miguel Ángel Castro Arroyo , rector of the University of Seville, as well as by Andrés Sáez Pérez, director of the Higher Technical School of Engineering (ETSi) and Pedro García Macías , team manager of the team, who accompanied him to visit the spaces provided by the School in the Workshops and Laboratories building where the US team works to continue facing new challenges.

During their visit to ARUS's facilities, they were able to see the progress made on the prototype that the team is developing for the upcoming European competition circuit, confirming that they are following the commitment of all the institutions involved to sustainable and autonomous mobility.

The team, which competes annually in Formula Students, was formed in 2012 at the ETSI (School of Engineering) by its own students, who saw the need to integrate students from other degree programs into their group, students who could contribute their knowledge in subjects outside of engineering. In this way, it grew and became what it is today: a racing team that designs, manufactures, and seeks funding to create a competition vehicle each season, in different categories – combustion, electric, and soon, autonomous.

Last season they abandoned the combustion engine car and will now focus entirely on an electric vehicle that will take them to compete in the main European events of Formula Students, whose regulations also require them to introduce new features to the chassis every year.

Furthermore, as a medium-term project, ARUS is currently designing and building a new autonomous vehicle, which they plan to present in upcoming competitions. This will be the first autonomous car from Andalusia to compete in any category, and, as a novelty, it will not operate by radio control, but rather through sensor-based codes and algorithms that allow the car to interpret the circuit on its own.

With these two new prototypes, which the team is currently developing, they intend to surpass the successes of past editions – the electric vehicle of ARUS Andalucía Racing Team managed to position itself in first place among the rest of the Spanish teams – debuting for the first time with the autonomous vehicle.

During January, the cuts will be made to determine which circuits will host the competitions next summer. Around 700 teams from around the world are vying for entry. The teams with the best results will be able to choose which events they participate in, always selecting the highest-level competitions.

Circuits such as Assen in the Netherlands or Hockenheim in Germany have witnessed legendary races by this Seville-based team.

Today's official visit provides crucial support for this team of students who are not only developing the vehicles they will compete with, but also creating a funding and sponsorship plan to enable them to continue growing. In this regard, the support shown by the Seville City Council and its commitment to acting as a liaison with other institutions and companies will allow them to achieve their sustainability and autonomous mobility goals.