The Seville Provincial Council commits to collaborating with Andalucía Racing TEAM ARUS

The president of the Seville Provincial Council, Javier Fernández, visited the Higher Technical School of Engineering of the University of Seville (ETSi) today  to get to know the ARUS Andalucía Racing Team firsthand, in the week prior to the important presentation event of the new ART-24D single-seater. 

Fernández was received by Carmen Gallardo Cruz, Vice-Rector for Students 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 ARUS, 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. 

After learning about the inner workings of the association, made up of more than 100 students from different faculties and centers of the University of Seville, Fernández has shown his commitment and that of the Institution he represents to the project to collaborate with Andalucía Racing Team ARUS. 

During their visit to the ARUS facilities, they were able to see the progress made on the prototype the team is developing for the upcoming European racing series, confirming that they are following the commitment of all the institutions involved to sustainable and autonomous mobility. They also had the opportunity to see the team's two latest single-seaters. Finally, they attended a demonstration of the car that will compete this season, which will be officially presented on June 18th at the Cartuja Center. 

The president of the Provincial Council expressed that 'I am delighted with this project and surprised, because it is true that these things need to be seen in person to be truly appreciated, and being invited to participate in this exhibition and see everything they are doing makes one proud of what our youth are achieving. I find myself among a group of enthusiastic, happy, motivated young people who are training and I believe they have a bright future ahead of them, and the evidence speaks for itself. They are preparing themselves in such a way that I congratulate the University of Seville and the School of Engineering for it.'. 

Finally, Fernández stated that 'I am here to collaborate with them because the Provincial Council must rise to the challenge of any proposal of this nature and we will not let them down, so that they continue to have sufficient resources to compete, and above all, to continue building self-esteem'. 

The University of Seville's racing team, which competes annually in Formula Students, was founded in 2012 at the School of Engineering (ETSI) 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 team that designs, manufactures, and seeks funding to create a racing vehicle each season, in different categories – combustion, electric, and this season, 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 an immediate project, ARUS is immersed in the design and creation of 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. In parallel, they are developing the 2025 car, which will be the most technologically advanced vehicle, including a 4-Wheel Drive transmission system (an integrated motor in each wheel), a carbon fiber monocoque chassis, and topologically optimized designs using additive manufacturing, among many other advancements. 

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 qualifying rounds took place to determine which circuits will host the upcoming summer's races. Around 700 teams from around the world applied. The teams with the best results were able to choose which events they would participate in, always selecting the highest-level circuits. This was the case for the US Automobile Team.

This year ARUS will visit Formula Student Spain, at the Circuit de Barcelona – Catalunya, and Formula Student Germany, the most prestigious competition of all, with an incredible second division  position in the entrance exams, at Hockenheimring and Formula Student Alpe Adria at the Bugatti-Rimac test circuit, Croatia.